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Title: An exercise in blandness
Review: I had a difficult time finishing this book but forced myself--hoping that something would finally happen. Sadly, it didn't. The plot went nowhere (pages were devoted to minutiae such as a lost cassette tape and a controversy involving a pencil case ... zzzz). Further, the characters were extremely bland and spent very little time in serious self-examination.I kept hoping for some sort of epiphany that would move the "students" to rebel and do something to change their fate. Instead, the story just sort of trickled to an end. I can't recommend this one.
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