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Review title: Plodding all the way...
Product review: I am, I confess, only a third through this book and thinking I will put it down. Now remind me: why did this author win the Pulitzer? I've read five of her books, and liked Patchwork Planet best, but even that, sweet as it was...well, I do not think that Ann Tyler writes "beautifully." She writes ploddingly. Yes, her writing leads you on. You keep hoping the next sentences will actually lead to something important in the plot or character development. Ho-hum. They don't.In reference to this book: what is the point of going from the archetype of MOM and WIFE to SECRETARY? Now, if I were writing this book I would have plunged Delia back into another life...made it more "Twilight Zone"-like. That would have added at least a soupcon of spice...as it is, "Ladder" is flat, unsalted, dietetic, in short, not tasty. All those who enjoy a taste-less book, raise your hands. Deafening silence.
