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Review title: SOOO long
Product review: I'm only like 200 pages in, which means I have like 300 more to go. WHY? This book is KILLING me. I noticed very early on that the characters are too self aware. As other commenters mentioned, the descriptions of water and light and fans and beauty are very unrealistic, too romantic to be believable. Also, every time Phoebe is mentioned, the only descriptive term is "beautiful." In an effort to be politically correct, she fails to be realistic. These are her exercises in mushy writing. The images she creates are beautiful in a broken way, but it's just not how people going about their daily lives think or process their realities. Like Annie Dillard, but with no substance. Every character is a stock character from a soap opera. And the husband, David, is too heavily portrayed as an antagonist. Yes, he screwed up, but his character should be given a little more sympathy. Please don't pay money for this if you have to read it.
