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Title: Dashed hopes
Review: I really would like to write a great review for this book, but walked away feeling let down everytime I read it. I loved Astrid, but felt her character inconsistent, even for a teenager. I loved Ingrid, but didn't get enough of her to improve this read. Everyone else was just a flash in the pan of dark decaying life. There is so little beauty in this book. Astrid becomes so scarred, both emotionally and physically, that the puny ending hardly could be interpreted as a triumph. I had hoped the movie would redeem the book, and aside from a stellar cast, it too was a great disappointment in unfulfilled potential. To Janet Fitch: this had all the makings of a legendary Mother-Daughter journey, but lacked sincerity and true depth of character. I'm very glad that others had a better interpretation, but as much as I tried to love this book, I just could not.
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