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Title: Readable but soapy, a nice beach book, maybe.
Review: Not as well written as I'd like, with kind of dull descriptions. It's a chronicle of a girl's experience in foster homes, after her mother murders a boyfriend for a bad breakup. Other reviewers have mentioned that the narrative voice is not convincing as coming from a teenaged girl. I have to agree. Also, the ending was forced and saccharine. I thought, after all that, that there would be some lingering damage, but no, the perky heroine lifts herself up and is apparently fine.
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