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Title: contrived
Review: I tried and tried to get through this whole book for my book club. But it was so contrived, filled with coincidences, repetitive and stereotypical I just couldn't do it. I read about 2/3 of the book hoping it would get better. The author tries to make the women a "team" of sorts knitted together by their love of Annie and of wine, willingness to wear red sneakers, and their ability to leave home/family/jobs to go on this "girls trip". The characters are shallow and somehow always of one mind. I also think the author has her own personal homosexuality axe to grind which was a recurring theme in this unbelievable story.
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