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Review title: Disappointing and overly simplistic
Product review: This book was a real disappointment. There were far too many convenient coincidences, and the short length of time during which Chris goes from "innocent" to quick-to-suspect-the-worst-of-everyone is simply not believable.There was only one point that had a trace of Pullman as I know him from the brilliant "His Dark Materials" trilogy: when the book discusses how the loss of innocence (in the metaphorical, Garden of Eden sense) is not just bad, but also good in that people who lose their innocence then have the knowledge they need to consciously do good in the world.The book is also manipulative in that it opens with the sentence: Chris met the girl he was going to kill..... and then does not follow through with a conclusion that supports that statement.
