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Title: Not a typical Wallace effort
Review: An immensely disappointing novel, especially from an author like Wallace. The plot was thin. I now know exactly what people refer to when calling characters cardboard- there was little to no character development. And realism? The 6-year old son of Noy speaks of his various classes in school: arithmetic, geography, history- a 6 year old? And he complains how lame one arithmetic class is. Also, President Underwood demands that the secret service not cover him while he confronts "the bad guy". Not to worry- they outfit him with a gun! Not realistic at all, in my opinion.I've read a number of Wallace's books: The 3 Sirens, The Plot, The Second Lady, and The Almighty. These were excellent, riveting books. Perhaps Wallace was not well at this time, because this novel is a shadow of the others.
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