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Review title: disjointed and depressing
Product review: I know many people like this book -- I get that, but it fell way short of the mark for me. While Atkinson is never cheery, this was a dismal, unhappy book about dismal unhappy people and I have yet to see the point. Ruby's parents were unsympathetic, her sibs shallow and mean and Ruby herself hard to empathize with. The big secret wasnt so big, (My Pearl? Did she really need to say it over and over so we'd get it??) The back story (when not confusing) was actually more interesting but the flash back to any random year got really old, really fast.
