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Title: A disappointingly empty examination of the facets of love
Review: Hollis is Heathcliff for the 90's? What a tragic comparison. Hollis is a violent sexual preditor and a murderer. March, an otherwise accomplished and cherished wife and mother becomes a helpless victim under this charmless brute's spell. I kept waiting for March to wake up and defend Gwen, but she displayed only limp disregard. The end of the story fizzled out, concluding too neatly, in a unsatisfying, unlikely way that left too many questions unanswered. Not one of Ms. Hoffman's best. Also, while the writing style itself was evocative of the cold, frozen emotions of the past, Ms. Hoffman used too many similies and metaphors; left the story laden.
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