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Title: Trapped by its own genre
Review: Bridget Jones pulled it off - and she remains the queen of chick lit. This book fits comfortably in the same genre; however, when the author tries to become more "serious" and gives her heroine a "psycotic" adventure, it becomes almost too painful to continue reading...The first part of the story is the most engaging - and the most clever. The periodic columns written by her ex-boyfriend works quite well in driving the story forward; however, after they cease to exist, the hum-drum starts. After the "reunion" with the uber-mean father figure, the plot skids downhill. Finally, the ending just keeps going and going - a more over-the-top finale is hard to imagine (did she perhaps just die and go to paradise?)A decent book for the beach, which the author probably was aiming for in the first place :)
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