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Title: running in place...
Review: I adored Maxted's first novel, and had great expectations for her second. After reading it, I am glad I didn't buy it. The story of Nat's eating disorder is not so much as even mentioned until about 100 pages into the book, which I found to be odd. Being that it is so vital to Natalie's character, it should have been mentioned alot sooner. The characters are somewhat likeable, even though at times I felt really frustrated with Natalie's spineless-ness, and felt like giving her a slap across the face. I didn't really find much humor in this book either. It could have been alot shorter if Maxted would have cut out all the unecessary self-analyzation by Natalie and pointless flashbacks. That is not to say I am no longer a fan of Maxted; I will still read her third novel. I swallowed up Getting Over It in about 2 days. However, with this book I found myself putting it down for days at a time. Take this one out from the library and save yourself the money.
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