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Title: Unreadable
Review: The writing is terrible! The author uses italics within practically every sentence to indicate the inclusion of phrases from primary sources. The phrases add nothing to the story except constant distraction. Primary sources are great, but a real researcher knows how to paraphrase at times.Worse yet, there are big gaps in logic. Ms. Miller draws conclusions that aren't supported by the evidence--at least, she doesn't show the reader how she got from A to B. She fills much of the book asking questions like "Who is this person?" "Why are they here?" "Why did they disappear?" Instead of coming up with any convincing explanations, she just lets the questions hang there, as if the reader is expected to tell her! After reading as much as I could stand of "Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony," it is more unclear than ever.
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