Title: Nice try but no cigar.
Product review: After reading the great new novel, The Triumph and the Glory, I was looking forward to another memorable experience with East of the Mountains because I'd loved Snow Falling on Cedars so much. But this new one from Guterson just fell flat for me. I just couldn't accept the main character's motivations as believeable, and that will pretty much destroy a novel.
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