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Title: Average, 3 stars is generous
Review: This book was mediocre. I found "The Triumph and the Glory", "Cryptonomicon", "Memoirs of a Geisha", and half a dozen others I've read in recent weeks to be far more deserving of acclaim. "White Oleander" is weak in many areas and excruciatingly painful at times--there is only so much suffering a character should endure before it becomes pointless stupidity. This book could have been SO good, but unfortunately it was sent to the printer only half-developed.
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