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Review title: Contrived, Unbelievable, and Disappointing
Product review: I hated myself for reading this, and can't believe I made it all the way through. The story suffers, because in order for it to be believable, the characters have to be so neurotic and tortured that you can't really find them likeable. It's as though they wanted to be miserable and then expected them to feel compassion for their self-inflicted pain. I did not find the actions, motivations, or reactions of the characters to be at all credible. The Bestseller status of this novel explains why Dr. Phil is such a success. For those who roll their eyes at self pity and navelgazing, you'll likely react similarly to this novel.Given it's substantive weakness, it would have to be extremely well written or constructed to work. Unfortunately, the writing is somwhat amateurish and predictable. I've seen worse, but the best way I could describe it is to say it's a mediocre writer who worked really, really hard and came up with a passably readable book.
