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Title: The Deep End just got shallower
Review: The plot was inventive and addressed every parent's worst fear. The characters, though, were too flat and predictable after the first few pages. Patrick, the do-no-wrong husband; Vincent, the guilty child, the nagging in-laws, . .and Beth--just too self-involved. On a positive note, the prose was beautiful in many places and conveyed the sense of loss that anyone in this situation would feel.
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