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Title: Not Great Literature, But . . . .
Review: I'm an avid reader who tries to read at least a book a week.I read "Beach House" in an afternoon and an evening; I couldn't put it down.Obviously, it's a little on the trashy side--some of the descriptions toward the end are a bit sick--but it was also a relief from some of the really serious stuff I'd been reading.(Were this a movie, I would rate it X. I don't recommend it for the squeamish, prudes or kids. I may have to take it to my office so that Kimball Ross, my good dog and reading buddy, doesn't pick it up.)It's a fast-paced novel--I detest using "read" as a noun--and I was surprised how quickly I devoured it. Yes, it held my interest, and to me it's almost like a comic strip or cartoon. In an earlier day, would it be called pulp fiction?The only thing that really bothers me--and one of the reviewers pointed this out--is that I'm not sure I completely understand the killer's motivation. Maybe there was nothing to understand.
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