Title: Overblown
Product review: I just finished Drowning Ruth and I was completly unimpressed. I've been looking forward to reading this novel for awhile. It earned two stars for an interesting beginning and fairly decent writing. The problems with the book are that 1) There is no mystery, you know from the second chapter what occured between Amanda, her sister and Ruth. Consequently you know exactly how the story will unfold; and 2) It's way too overlong. The entire middle 150 pages was repetitve and boring. This novel would have made a wonderful short story, but as a full length book it is unsatisfying. I strongly urge you to pick-up one of the other fabulous books that Oprah has recommended over the last few years.
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