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Title: Surprised
Review: I was surprised to read all the favorable reviews of this novel. The writing is dull and suffers from so much understatement that the characters do not come alive. After I figured out the situation early on,the rest of the story limped to its flat ending. Actually the style seemed to match that of a Young Adult novel. Even though her subject is not specifically the same, Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper is much better at character development, style, and plot;and it delves deeply into a similar controversial topic.
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