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Review title: Won't be keeping this one
Product review: I read an article about this writer a few months back---really expecting good things from this book. In fact, there seems to have been a lot of publicity from the lit. critics touting this one and I truly fell for it. I had this title on my list and finally got around to reading it.Firstly, the writing itself comes off as amateurish. No wonder people are saying it doesn't merit Fiction 101 or even high school creative writing class stature. That was the first shock.Secondly, the story itself is so implausible, and the premise never delivers, making your schlock gothic pulp read seem quite good compared to this. So sorry I believed the critics on this one. Which leads me to another thing--Egan must have some pretty impressive connections! How else can anyone explain the praise this so-so novel has received?So much better to be had.
