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Title: Bad writing...Bad storytelling
Review: After hearing a number of positive critical reviews of this book I brought it to read on vacation. I wasn't expecting great literature, but I'd hoped at least for a compelling beach read. I was greatly disappointed. In my opinion this book offered neither interesting storytelling nor anything close to accomplished writing. The author was constantly "telling" rather than showing, and his characters were developed in the most pathetic, feeble way. Caputo's attempts at metaphor and lyricism were painfully lame. The dialogue is forced and completely inauthentic, even worse he adds colloquialisms that seem utterly mismatched to the characters.As a woman, I found much of the content sexist...there is nothing quite so annoying as having an inept male author try to portray a woman's voice!
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