Title: A real stinker
Product review: 50 pages into this book I thought seriously about doing something I've never done before: stop reading and throw it in the recycle bin. Against my better judgment, I finished it. With each agonizing chapter I thought "surely, SURELY this will get better." Lured by the book jacket's promised surprise ending and the decidedly undeserved critical praise it received, I persevered. Yes, I skipped some passages... okay pages. When I finally finished it I was so relieved that it was over I couldn't be bothered to disappointed by it.Bottom line: An interesting story idea that becomes bogged down by lame attempts at intrigue, vague references to sadomasochism thrown in at incongruous times, and a distracting switching between narrators.
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