Title: Pointless
Review: Mr. Turow is obviously trying to be a 'serious' writer. In my opinion, he fails at linking the children of the past to the parents of the present as he intends. He takes a core story line that would be mildly interesting as a short story and drags it out for 800 pages. Neither depictions of student life in the 60s or inner cities of today ring true. To add insult to injury, 50 pages near the end of the book are printed in italics. As far as I can tell, the only purpose being to increase my headache.
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