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Title: Could have been 300 pages shorter...
Review: I really trust Oprah's taste in books but I think she sorely missed on this one. (Badly enough that I'm taking time warn others in this review). I felt as if I'd read this story in some other grade B book or movie along the way. I plugged along right until the book's end, hoping it would get better but it never did. It was very hard to feel any sympathy for Marie Fermoyle who was simply pathetic. The characters were exaggerated and cartoonish in their words and actions. I felt insulted by them. Save yourself 700+ pages of agony and read something (just about anything) else. I don't think there was one character in the book who was realistic enough to like. I was sorry I used so much time trying to get into it.
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