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Title: I wish I could add to the enthusiasm....
Review: ...but I can't. I really thought this was one of the worst books I ever read. In fact, I didn't read it. I began to suspect what the ending was going to be when I was about a third of the way through, flipped to the final pages, and found what I expected to find.I thought the entire story was ridiculous. Ruth was SO DUMB AND PASSIVE. Her husband was SUCH A MOMMY'S BOY. The in-laws were SO CHEERILY MANIPULATIVE. Everyone was a stock character, except for the baby, perhaps, but how much character development can there be in a newborn baby? By the time Ruth was glugging down her anti-depressants with gin, I was beginning to think she deserved her fate as the heir-producing zombie of her selfish and deceitful family. *yawn*I loved Gregory's book "The Other Boleyn Girl" so much. This silly, melodramatic novel was a real disappointment.
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