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Review title: clumsy, uneven book
Product review: I don't think this book deserves only one star, but I wanted to do my bit to lower the rating. I am amazed at the hyperbolic praise given to this book. Perhaps there aren't many novels that go into the minutae of conservative Jewish life, I don't know. But what I DO know is that some of the prose in this book is as stilted as a 7th grader's essay. Other passages are nicely wrought. But the emotional life seems once-removed and meager. About halfway through the book I started skimming, to hit the highlights. I was engaged by the small bit of plot, yes, but it didn't deserve the number of words she uses to move it forward.
