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Title: A one dimensional story
Review: All the characters in this book are very one dimensional. You "see" what they do and "see" where they live, but you don't get much below their surfaces. The American couple is stereotypically unable, and unwilling, to assimilate with the "foreign" culture around them and the animosity between the cultures, in my opinion, never gets resolved. The wife's character develops as close-minded and neurotic instead of sympathetic. I felt the book was a visual essay that put me in the location, but wouldn't let me talk to anyone! I finished the book wishing I knew more about the lives and motivations of everyone in Ibarra.
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