this started off hot with Bittersweet Symphony, which i unironically love and think absolutely deserves the hype. unfortunately, it was all downhill from there into Diet U2. i was mostly enjoying the first half of the album, but once i crossed into the second half and still had 45 minutes left, i started to lose patience. most of these songs are twice as long as they need to be and nowhere near interesting enough to justify that length. it wasn't actively offensive, i was just bored.