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Title: Confused
Review: Although I thoroughly enjoyed Richard Mason's first effort, "The Drowning People", I found this long-awaited second novel confusing. I guess the idea of looking at the same situation from three people's viewpoints -- where the narrative of each of them is in the first person -- could be found interesting but it didn't strike me that way.In "Us", I found the writing style "excessively literary", almost like showing off. This is not the Richard Mason I've met and conversed with and I do hope that he returns in the future with a book that better displays his skill at writing nuances and small details that add such richness to his work.
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