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Review title: disappointing suspense novel
Product review: I was surprised that this novel received such positive acclaim as I found it to be frustrating and disappointing. I probably would not have finished reading it except that it came so highly rated that I wanted to find out if I was missing something. I found the narrator to be insipid, whiney and annoying, and could barely tolerate his level of denial and pathological dependency upon a woman who clearly had no attachment to him. I think the idea of allowing the reader to see things that the narrator is unable to perceive (e.g. that Susie is not the "innocent" that she claims) is a good technique, but it was overused, and I found myself feeling like I was watching a bad suspense flick where the audience cannot believe the stupidity of the characters. I love a good psychological suspense novel, but this one did not measure up.
