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Title: Just didn't like it.
Review: I recently read the memoirs The Glass Castle and The Tender Bar. I started reading Running with Scissors with an expectation that the story would be as well-written and moving as the other two books. I was disappointed and put the book down halfway into reading it. It's not bad, but it's not good, either. The characters are somewhat shallow and unattractive. That's not to say that characters must be deep and attractive to enjoy, but these ones were not interesting to me. I also did not find the story very funny. I suppose what gave the story a flat quality was the narrative voice. Not that reflective, or insightful. Reads more like a highschool essay than a great memoir.
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