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Review title: Maeve's written one too many
Product review: I had heard that this novel was to be Binchy's last. Unfortunately I think she should have quit a couple of books ago. TARA ROAD was marginal, but SCARLET FEATHER is just plain awful. The plot line is so thin you can see through it. The characters are shallow, uninteresting, and self-absorbed - with the exception of the sainted Muttie and Lizzie who are drawn as caricatures of working class Irish, to the point of being insulting. The fast-action style of cutting from one character to another may work in the movies, but is oddly out of place in a novel of this sort. Too bad Binchy didn't quit with THE GLASS LAKE - now there was a fine book!
