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Review title: A Harlequin in everything but length
Product review: I read this for a book club; otherwise I would have returned it to the library without reading past the second chapter. The author starts with a potentially interesting scenario, then kills it with heavy-handed (and pointless) description, inept character development, and just plain clunky writing. For example: Norah, one of the protagonists, meets a man called Howard. She wonders to herself, Where does he come from, and how did he get a name like Howard?Me: From his PARENTS. You blinking idiot.As I skimmed the 400+ pages of the book for the plot points, I mentally shook my fist at the author for her sappy story. For her female characters who are "courageous" and "determined." For that scene where one of the most stereotypical characters in the book whines that she doesn't want to be a cliche. And for naming a character with Down's Syndrome PHOEBE.Horrendous.
