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Title: This book made me miserable
Review: I still remember the experience of reading this book, which I got as an Xmas present when I was ... what? 10 or 11? I found it the most unbearably sad thing I'd ever read; I'd keep trying to read a little further but a black cloud of gloom would descend over me and I'd cry uncontrollably for hours. I still remember the experience with horror. Now, maybe I was a bit oversensitive as a child, and maybe the book really is as good as the other reviews say (and as an adult with a bit thicker skin I'm curious to try reading it again, especially now that I have children of my own who are in love with Hoban's "Frances" books) but let my experience serve as a warning about giving this book to children without adequate supervision.
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