A History of What Comes Next

I've just read the first 30 pages of this book - the synopsis of which sounds exactly like "my thing", and... it's bad. Really bad. The narrative style is very short, simplistic, stilted sentences, as if a not-very-bright 6-year-old is writing them. It's so incredibly annoying that I honestly don't think I can force myself to read any further. I skipped way ahead in the book to see if the style changes and improves, but no. What a disappointment.