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Title: Long, Long, and needs an editor
Review: I listened to this on cassette tape. After the first three tapes I realized that the author was telling a story from the first person way too much. There is a rule in writing good fiction, show not tell. She had to tell a lot since it was first person, but she could have did more showing to make it more interesting.After the third tape, I resolved to listen to the last tape, number eleven, and then pick back up with number four. This was to see if she was going anywhere. She wasn't. I found out that the other tapes were essentially useless. I missed a little plot development, but not much. I'm not going to listen to the other tapes.A good editor would have told her to cut this novel in half, then it might have kept the readers attention.On the plus side, she's a good writer with a good style. I might pick up another of her novels and try again.
