Title: Falls apart in the second half...
Product review: The book is initially gripping, and certainly keeps you hungry for more- but about half way thru is moves from the sublime to the ridiculous. The character is so strongly crafted you develop a strong sense of who she is- but that person eventually just vanishes. This is not to say that people don't change, but all the points about Dolores that we come to love or hate or pity move too far into the background. At this same time, the ludicrous story line takes over and is pasted together with unplausable "coincidences", i.e. 'just happens' to recieve pictures of Dante, 'just happens' tere is a vacant apartment across from his, 'just happens' this gigolo doesn't have a girlfriend, on and on... I think this is a book for adolecent girls, not mature women. Disappointing.
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