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Title: Too much
Review: I usually don't read Oprah book club selections. I find they are too much in the "triumph of the human spirit" mode to appeal to me. However I had heard this book described else where as "dark". So, I figuired I'd give it a try. This book is overwrought, over written and pretty much, just too much. There are some good elements in the writing and in the story, but they are buried in an avalanche of metaphor and melodrama. A more experienced writer may have pulled off the effect the writer seems to be going for- but the result here is just heaviness.
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