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Title: In A Word: Sickening!
Review: I don't think I've ever read a book that disturbed me more than Moore's. It's blatant Grand Guignol, blood and gore and sadism, peopled with characters devoid of humanity with whom it's not possible to empathize. I also feel it is totally anti-woman. The macho detectives' attitude toward women is sick-making, but the "heroine" just laps it up, panting to be abused over and over again. She's not the poster child for the woman's movement, that's for sure. The final scene is grotesque, sadistic, bloody, and just plain downright nasty. Nicole Kidman bought this property for a film? I wish her well with it---perhaps she can authorize a complete re-write and wash its mouth out with soap. P.S., it deserves no stars whatsoever.
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