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Review title: Six characters in Search of a Plot
Product review: This is probably the longest short story you'll ever read, but a novel it is not. There is no plot, no climax, no resolution, no dramatic tension. It has a few interesting characters, just not the ones who hang around long enough to move the story along. About 100 pages from the end I ran into a member of my book club who had finished the book and asked her if anything was going to be resolved by the end. I promise not to spoil the ending for anyone ...if only there were one to spoil. I can't for the life of me understand how this slight work could have been shortlisted for anything except reworking in a creative writing class for beginners.There is no dearth of excellent fiction about Jewish life. Why this one is being touted is a mystery to me. Francine Prose and Rebecca Goldstein are at the top of their form. Maybe Goodman will get there but she is not there yet.
