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Title: Waiting to be put out of my misery!
Review: I picked up this book at my local ... bookstore ... because the title caught my eye, the backcover blurb drew me in, and because Irving's 'Prayer for Owen Meaney' was one of my favorite books. This one, however, was a major disappointment. The characters were shallow and undeveloped and parts of the storyline were just so ridiculous. I mean...the widow wants to connect with her dead husband one more time so she seduces (and becomes impregnated by) the man who is going to receive his hand? Somebody explain this to me!Sorry...he could've done better. Like other reviews I've read, the books was short, but painfully long. As a bedtime reader, it took me at least a few weeks to get through the book because I kept falling asleep while reading. So far, John Irving has been hit or miss with me. This was one was definitely a miss.
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