insufferable

But if our crumbling democracy means anything, even insufferable warmongers deserve a fair shake.

If I’m right, you beat your neighbors by 3% and get to be insufferable about it at barbecues.

If you’ve made it this far, you may be thinking that the reviewer is one of those insufferable people who criticizes others to burnish his own self-importance.

Yes, I am an insufferable nerd: I have been coming to things like this for 20 years.

Readers who thought “The Poppy War” trilogy didn’t stick the landing, or that Rin became insufferable by the end, will be pleased that “Katabasis” does stick it, and that Alice evolves.