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Title: Who cares?
Review: When I first read a synopsis of this book, I was really intrigued. I normally enjoy novels which involve extensive research and are crammed with information. However, this book was a huge disappointment. Time-consuming research isn't enough. The material has to be integrated into and support the story. This author did neither. All of the historical data is in either vignettes that interrupt the flow of the story or are crammed into footnotes (Yes, footnotes!) which only a graduate student could love -- and then only a very boring one. Having spent so much time on research, the author then appears to have been too exhausted to write a good narrative. The characters are flat, uninteresting and ofter caricatures of a particular type. And the conversations with God are just TOO cute. Finally the book is at least 200 pages longer than it should be. Pass this one by. It's not worth your time.
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