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Title: This book needs a wind to blow it along...
Review: I am in the midst of reading "Shabanu" for an English summer project and I am throroughly disappointed with this novel. Shabanu, the narrator, is static and one-dimensional; a very boring and very annoying main character for a novel to be based upon. The novel reads very slowly, never going anywhere. I can only wonder why this novel would be given to an Sophomore Level 4 Honors English class to read. One major factor that describes how slow this novel is the fact that the professional review of this novel on amazon.com tells of a story that has yet to happen where I am in the book; that is, more than halfway through "Shabanu" and less than 100 pages to the end. I cannot wait for my future English teacher to ask us how we felt about this novel. I already have an answer prepared: "I learned how not to write a novel." Don't waste your money, time, or exercise in reaching for "Shabanu" off the shelf.
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