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Title: White Oleander
Review: Janet Fitch has made a grand entrance for her first novel. I must admit I couldn't put it down but I did find a few faults in the writing. First off she is too wordy, I found myself skipping over many of the adjective loaded prose to get to the meat of the novel. It was a little hard to get started but once Astrid's mother met Barry the novel picked up. The tragedy of the story is very believable, following poor Astrid through a Foster Care System that is exactly how I've heard it can be. This story carries you along at a fast pace, once you get past all the overly descriptive wording, and the ending leaves you flat! She wrote this great tragic story with no ending. It just fizzles out, what was the point? I felt cheated due to the ending.
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