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Title: Ugh! Writing by numbers - should be 1 star
Review: Sorry, but this book is junk. Artificial plot mechanisms, predictable resolution, a central conflict so drawn out that its credibility is severely frayed, characters (primary and supporting) so superficially sketched it's maddening, terrible use of adverbs, cliched dialogue, transitions you can see from a mile away, telling rather than showing (hello creative writing 101!); very frustrating dynamic between the characters where they are supposedly such good friends but then they're not at the same time - too much drama. Blech. I only liked the discussions about the authors Shirley Jackson and Louisa May Alcott and a few descriptive sentences.
