Title: Insipid book
Product review: Even the dullest teen would people heaven with more imagination than Susie. I picked up this book hoping it would be at least as good as her husband's recent novel, Carter Beats the Devil which was imaginative, and in places quite deft.When she's not forcing the language and imagery, Alice Sebold has got the characters acting on unexplained impulses which baffle and perturb the reader. It feels like it was written in a seminar course and that too many ideas were developed by the group, and then dropped by the writer who couldn't commit. The author's handling of dialogue was particularly clumsy.By the time Susie returns to Earth for a tryst with her sweetie the reader is incredulous at how lame the ending is shaping up to be. Save yourself the time and money and wait until the movie comes out. It will be a big hit with teenagers everywhere.
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