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Title: Sadly, very mediocre
Review: I had high hopes for this book, after reading initial reviews from Publishers Weekly and others. When I finally sat down to read it last weekend, I was sorely disapoointed. The book jackets claims "ferociously paced" and I found it dragging immensely.Carrie is a truly vile character. For some odd reason, however, her friends in Madison continue to cater to her when there is truly no need. Halfway through the book , the ending is blatent. Many parts of the story that were interesting were left totally unexplored and hanging.I found this trite and Carrie's entire existence in NY seemed fruitless. Although some parts were fine and it was well-written, it was a very typical Midwestern story, with no real distinction between the thousands of other coming-of-age, change-of-heart midwestern sagas out there. Not much to fuss about.
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