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Title: Incredibly Irritating
Review: Anything I have to say has already been said. I'm so tired of reading Oprah books whose main characters have no redeeming qualities. Even Hank, the "nicest" guy in the book, doesn't realize how badly Hollis treats him. You would think Hollis is the embodiment of Satan the way he just sucks everyone in despite treating each and every one of them like doggy-doo-doo.Additionally, I began counting how many times one of the characters referred to "smelling like anger" or "the scent of fury" or how someone "smelled like fire" after sex. I got the feeling some professor must have written "nice imagery!" in red on some creative writing paper long ago and Hoffman's decided to stick with what worked.The only reason I gave this book 4 points is that I was able to finish it in spite of disliking it so intensely...but it's possible that's only a tribute to its relative brevity (as opposed to Wally Lamb's 465 page monster).
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