Title: Am I missing something??
Review: It is hard for me to understand that so many reviewers are so high on this book. I found it wooden, unemotional, and utterly unconvincing. The characters are barely drawn. There is no hint of why the narrator would be so enamored of her brother Matt--because he is a totally undeveloped character, as are all the rest. And the plotting: all that hinting at looming tragedy: well frankly I felt, when it finally got there, oh, is this what this whole book has been leading up to? what's the big deal? Maybe the events detailed are momentous life events, but somehow the author is not good at presenting them in a compelling way. in addition, the thing that the narrator views as a the central 'tragedy' of her brother's life seems so outdated, and almost trite. Hardly worth writing a whole novel about. Or, at least the way this one is written it doesn't seem so.
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