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Review title: A Terrible Disappointment
Product review: On the back of the edition that I read, a critic boasted that this book had a plot "worthy of Hugo" -- was he ever wrong. This plot is shallow and lacking in depth and substance. It is a typical work of modern fiction by an author who is trying too hard to impress. The characters are one dimensional, the setting is at times intriguing as it shifts and changes, yet overall this book was a lengthy string of prose that did not influence nor touch me. I found it too melodramatic. The effort she put into this is acute...yet, no one should try so hard. It is an unnatural work by someone hoping to evoke thought and poetry and failing miserably. Stay away. If you want a plot "Worthy of Hugo" read the real thing. Read Les Miserables or Toilers of the Sea and watch your emotions be tempest tossed, calmed, and soared through believable worlds and characters. I deduce you will be much happier.
