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Title: A first novelist in need of some aid
Review: Despite some of these reviewers implying that only morons or poor readers won't enjoy this book, the simple fact is that The Void is a very poor effort. While ostensibly imaginative, the plot here is hobbled by Ms. Jacobs prose, which is so overblown that it fails to do what it should: communicate a strong story with a powerful voice. Instead, we're attacked by purple prose. Ms. Jacobs needs to set her thesaurus aside (or more likely, to turn it off on her Word Program) and write in a more direct, clear and sophisticated manner.
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