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Title: Holes in the story
Review: I am very surprised this book was published much less won awards. There are so many holes in the story that needed to be cleaned up before it ever went to press. Throughout the book, the author writes in a fifteen year old voice then at the end we find out it's a retrospective. Would a 21 year be writing a retrospective in a 15 year old voice? Also, why is Edmond so damaged? The other children faced atrocities as well and seemed to come out intact. It would have been more fitting for Edmond to have been dead. Especially since the main character suddenly lost her telepathic abilities with him which was hoacky anyhow. Why did it take her 6 years to go back? Why did the telephone suddenly start working? Screams of a deus ex machina- If we are going to publish gritty works that are relevant, let's have the courage to really finish the story, not just make convenient endings--
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