I found most of the writer's own writing to be a bit pompous and unrelatable (using verbs we don't use in real life), or a bit self-important, with a distinct l

I found most of the writer's own writing to be a bit pompous and unrelatable (using verbs we don't use in real life), or a bit self-important, with a distinct lack of empathy. We're all subject to our own experiences, which means we should try harder to break out of them.