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Title: Grinding (my) teeth (would be more enjoyable)
Review: This book focuses on too many characters with too little development of any of them. I completed it without caring what happened to the multitude of people I'd been introduced to. It had religious, cultural and racial tones that were too diffuse to prove anything. It included two May/December convenience marriages; Muslim extremist vs. agnostic/buddist vs. born-again Christian extremists; stereotypical rejection of all that is East or West--destiny vs. scientific intervention; and racial undertones that were off base at best. An implausible and meddling "perfect" family attempts to come in half way through the book and fix the poor mixed up lower classes who are too ignorant to take care of themselves. To some, this apparently makes for a 4 1/2 star story. If you still feel a need to read it, check it out at the library and make sure you don't have overdue fines--it isn't worth it.
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