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Title: Sly, vacant , and dark exercise
Review: I expected this book to be grim from the outset. The dark sexuality did not bother me. What did bother me was how soul-less the book was. Franny, the main character, is caught in some malaise without any depth. The author, Susanna Moore, gives some hints to Franny's past with hardly any elaboration. From this superficial treatment of Franny's inner life and her past, the reader is to focus on Franny's present journey. This sly, seamy escapade is merely an exercise. You don't care about Franny, her detective boyfriend, her student, or even the rash of murders in their wake. The conclusion is violent and stupid.The author elicts no emotion for the characters and the story is not interesting enough to justify this failure on her part.
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