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Title: What a depressing book!
Review: The writing here is basically good (or I wouldn't have finished it), but the characters and stories are SO depressing, I'm sorry I spent so much time reading it. At times I felt like I was reading someone's classroom assignment to explore characters in depth. I know that not every story has a happy ending, but I kept hoping for some sort of redemption for any of them, especially Marie, and it never really came. I've generally enjoyed the books Oprah selected, but this was a real downer -- I never felt like I "connected" with this book
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