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Title: As good as advertised
Review: I was never quite comfortable while reading this book, which is part of what made it such a powerful read. The apparent straightforward style of the writing belies the complexity of the characters and of the story unfolding around them at the Deepwater Motel and helps to create an eerie and increasingly dark sense of anticipation. The book draws you further and further into the world it creates in the way of a current slowly drawing a swimmer into a whirlpool. With stunning descriptiveness and powerful imagery Jones creates a deceptively beautiful world and characters all too real to feel comfortable around. A dizzying and in the end very frightening story. And tremendously well written.
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