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Title: Painful
Review: I've been reading for over 35 years, and I can count on one hand the number of books that I haven't finished - this is one of them. I gave it until page ~175 or so, and I just couldn't take it anymore. I know I'm in the minority here, but the story just did not grab me. I thought it was slow and lumbering. I thought that the characters were undeveloped and stereotypes. I did not like the way he portrayed women - there wasn't one that was intelligent and thoughtful. The main female character is portrayed as naive and slutty (sleeps with her boss).The first love scene was about as exciting as thinking about polar bears mating. Actually, polar bears probably have more chemistry.From what I did read, the plot seemed pretty predictable, although from reading the other reviews, it seems that the ending may have been a surprise. Sorry, it wasn't worth the torture of reading this for another 400 pages to find out.
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