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Review title: Mind-numbingly Awful
Product review: There is absolutely nothing to recommend this book. The idea is old and has been done several times before, to much better effect. The characters are two-dimensional, dull and unreal- if the author knows anything about humanity, he's not showing it. The actual plot (fragmented, dull and thin as it is) ends at least 100 pages before the book itself, maddeningly dragging on with an unfinished idea from much earlier on, finally finishing on a note that strains to be profound but just comes off random, stupid and unnecessary. Save your money, time and mental peace that comes from not wasting the first two on a worthless example of thoroughly incompetant writing.
