Title: Tall Pine Polka plays off key
Product review: Lorna Landvik's latest novel is not in the same league as her first two: Patty Jane's House of Curl and Your Oasis on Flame Lake. Having read and enjoyed both, I could hardly wait for Tall Pine Polka. I was sorely dissappointed. I wish I'd at least borrowed it from the library rather than rushing to buy a new hardcover. I could have returned it early and not been out not a dime.None of the characters are people I would ever care to meet and in fact would even dislike if I ever did. Moreover, these characters are not even close to a realistic portrayal of small town residents in Northern Minnesota or even Minneapolis for that matter. Some of them are far stranger than the Hollywood types that invade the small town as the mainstay of the plot.I would not recommend this piece to a friend and will wait for paperback or a library edition to come out before trying her next novel.
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