Title: I wanted to like this book, but reading it was a chore
Review: There's probably a good 300-page book hidden somewhere in this bloated 500-page tome. The idea of reconciling crimes and causes of the past with those of the present is an interesting one, there are some clever plot twists and the flashback scenes are fun. But every time the story switches to the present, boy, do things begin to drag. The characters bear little resemblence to their former selves, and it is hard to work up much concern about what happens to them. They tend to drone on and whine about themselves for pages and pages and pages. When the end finally comes, you're just glad to be rid of them
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