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Review title: Shame on you, Ms. McCullough
Product review: No, no, no, no, no!I picked this up with great anticipation. At last, a new novel by a truly gifted writer who has written some wonderful, entertaining books. Unfortunately, The Touch is not among them.Predictable, trite, boring and unbelievable - a futile attempt to recapture the wonder, romance and majesty of The Thornbirds. And it fails on all counts. Reads more like Barbara Cartland than what we have come to expect from one of our major storytellers (all it lacks is Fabio on the cover).Do yourself a favor: if you haven't read Ms. McCullough's earlier works, choose one of them. Tim, An Indecent Obsession, The Ladies of Missalonghi - gripping stories well told. Or re-read The Thornbirds, it's still the best.The lady can write; we all know that. The Touch is just a minor speedbump in an illustrious career. I look forward to Ms. McCullough's next opus and only hope it will live up to the high standards she placed on herself in her earlier works.
