Title: Embarrassed
Product review: If an imaginitive response to loss is what you want, read Toni Morrison's Beloved. If a thoughtful response to loss is what you want, read Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried. O'Brien's entire book deals with this theme, but the last story, "The Lives of the Dead," deals movingly with the death of a girl. Sebold's book is simply over-the-top, especially when the narrator inhabits the body of a friend. I felt embarrassed for the writer, the publisher, the agent, and everyone else involved.
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