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Title: A lovely, sad, beautiful book
Review: I find it mind boggling that people have trashed this book simply because the main character goes through a period of selfishness. The very fact that readers are so evidently worked up about Carrie's personality indicates Packer's achievement -- these are made-up characters that she's conjured out of words, but she's made them human beings.Life doesn't always progress the way it should. People make bad choices, date the wrong people, act irrationaly. That's what makes life, and novels, interesting. Packer succeeds because she gets all the details exactly right. Carrie may be infuriating at times, but she's always real, and you'll remember her long after the story is over.
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