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Review title: Uninteresting characters
Product review: I really don't find these characters worth knowing. This bunch of prep school alumni have ended up in predictably artsy/intellectual careers yet come through as vacuous both intellectually and morally. They keep invoking 9/11 and a classmate's death for instant (read cheap) emotional impact. The dialogues between Harrison and Nora are so meaningful as to be insipid. Compare this to any Anne Tyler novel, where the characters can be perfectly bland but are somehow worthwhile... at least interesting... striving after something real, human, and decent rather than merely urbane.Rereading the above, I'm shocked by the harshness but stand by it. Remembering that it takes 100x as much talent to produce a poor novel as a superb critique. Nevertheless, I find the story lightweight in technique and theme.
