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Title: Lame and slow, with trite characterization.
Review: This was the first novel I've read in a long time that failed to engage me at all. I plodded through it, hoping it would improve. It was a serious waste of time. I was astonished to discover that this book was not the author's first novel. I knew what was going to happen from the first chapter, but it didn't matter. The story was lame and the writing very sloppy.
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