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Title: Disappointing Second Novel
Review: The writing is equally beautiful to Ahab's Wife, but the story seems to be begging for a plot triangle. It's hard to understand why Naslund would have let this be published in such raw form. Characters make brief appearances and then disappear for pages. Chapters read almost like separate vingettes. Makes me wonder if publishers were pushing Naslud to meet a printing date: It is so peculiarly inferior to her other story, and odd when, clearly, her writing standards are so very, very high.
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