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Review title: Payoff was pretty good, but it was a slow trip
Product review: By and large, this book was the very definition of a "slog". While there is no denying that it takes talent to interweave this many overlapping stories for over 642 pages without tripping over one's own feet, the fact that it was done primarily via letters written by the characters began to wear quite heavily on my patience. In fact, by about page 400, I could no longer feel my feet. Fortunately, at about page 500 or so, the climax of the book finally (and not without some page-turning tension) comes into view. Look, technically this novel is mighty fine. I just tend to need a bit more juice along the way. If you're looking for page-by-page, white-knuckle terror, skip this. Or, just read the flap, then turn to page 500 & read a spooky 142-page thriller.
