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Title: Sub-par Konigsburg
Review: A great children's author, but not a great book, despite a powerful message.First problem: The characters are aggressively unlikeable for the first third, as if daring the reader to endure them. Even if her camp is overly rigid and populated by loathesome girls, Margaret Rose comes across as an obnoxious, arrogant brat. The "colorful" squabbling of the uncles also grated on me.Things improve in the middle-sections but the ending--in which previously hateful people suddenly (and inexplicably) become motivated do-gooders--is just bad, expedient fiction.I'd recommend you stick to Konigsburg's many superb books, among which my favorites include Father's Arcane Daughter and Silent to the Bone. And From the Mixed-Up Files, of course, unquestionably a classic.
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