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Review title: Reads like a first draft
Product review: I have never read Shreve before and thought I'd give this a try. I love literary fiction, both contemporary and otherwise, and can appreciate books that are slow-paced and purposeful. That said, this was slow-paced, but by accident. Characters spend all their time thinking and rethinking, yet they still come off one-sided. There is no one to root for. So much drama and attempts at heart wrenching, and yet I didn't care what happened to anyone in this book.I read a review that said this seemed like Shreve took all her unused story ideas and put them in here, and I couldn't agree more.There wore some beautiful phrases in this book and some potentially good ideas, but most of it was drivel. It needs serious revising. I gave it two stars because I finished it, which I guess means I found something redeeming in it.
