These people have childish minds. There is no reason to debate with them.
Because of Foer’s frequent use of modernist literary devices, some view him as a polarizing figure in modern literature. In his critical article “Extremely Cloying and Incredibly False,” Harry Siegel wrote in the New York Press, “Foer is supposed to be our new Philip Roth, though his fortune-cookie syllogisms and pointless illustrations and typographical tricks don’t at all match up to or much resemble Roth even at his most inane.” The Huffington Post contributor Anis Shivani included him in his list of the fifteen most overrated modern American writers.