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Title: Poorly written debut novel
Review: This is a first time novelist, and it shows. It is full of problems, beginning with the characterization. They don't act or speak like real people would, and don't even act like the character, unrealistic as they may be, that the writer has created. The other reviewer is right, there are lots of twists and turns, but these too are unrealistic. Some things are so absurd it's almost funny. Fiction is story-telling, but the best stories are those which could be real. This novel does not live up to that expectation.
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