In what way does this review obfuscate information? I found it lively, descriptive, and detailed with plenty of evidence from the text.

"An experimental autobiographical novel singularly immersed in its author’s psyche, in which all elegance is abandoned, tedious experiences are embraced, and the act of shitting is evoked, at one point, as “AAAAAAGGGHHH!!"

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An experimental novel immersed in its author's psyche, in which elegance is abandoned and the act of shitting is evoked, at one point, as “AAAAAAGGGHHH!!"

I don't want to sit down and have to parse through a book review, I just want to read it.

This is a lossy compression: You've removed the distinction that the immersion in the author's psyche is distinct or remarkable, that the novel embraces tedious experience, and that it's autobiographical.