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Title: Please give me somebody to care about in this book!
Review: First, this book is constructed in a unique and interesting manner that moves the plot along quickly. If you *have* to read it, as I did for a book club, you won't have any trouble turning the pages. However, if you're looking for a redeemable character to relate to, you probably won't find it. I think Dubus meant to make the main characters more sympathetic by giving each of them a voice in the novel, but it backfires. I didn't care how the problems resolved at the end - the characters' selfishness and intolerance had just exhausted me by that point.
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