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Title: Boring and long
Review: It would seem that a story about one of the biggest natural disasters the world has experienced would, by necessity, be a compelling read. Instead, Mr. Winchester tries to link everything from pepper plants to religious fundamentalism to the island eruption, yielding a long and boring narrative that jumps back and forth between subjects. If you can remember being in a professor's hot afternoon classroom as he drones on about his detailed opinions and observations, then this is the same feeling you will get from trying to read the book. Sorry, but I couldn't force myself to finish it. Find a copy on the bookshelf of your favorite retailer, skip to page 200 and read the limited 40 pages about the actual eruption, then put the book back on the shelf for some other hapless buyer to purchase. Overall, a real disappointment.
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