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Title: A Real Let Down
Review: I hate to be a dissenter in this otherwise mostly postive group of reviewers, but this book disappointed me miserably. My litmus test for any book is 50 pages. If it hasn't grabbed me by then it's probably not going to, and since I always have plenty of other books waiting to be read I put it aside and move on. "The Way the Crow Flies" didn't even make it past page 40. I was SO bored I could hardly stay awake. I admit it had promise. The post-World War II setting drew me, as I grew up in the 50s and 60s myself. For some reason I took an instant dislike to Mimi, the mother. All the endless detail involved in driving onto the base and Jack moving into his office, all the background of his days as a pilot I found incredibly tedious.I realize many great books start slowly and build into something wonderful (example: "...And Ladies of the Club" by Helen Hooven Santmyer) and this book may very well be one of them.Bottom line: I just didn't have the patience to find out.
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