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Title: First time I wanted the main character to die....
Review: This book was ridiculous. I'm sure people like Anne Marie exist, but I wouldn't give her the time of day. She is a self-centered jerk, a terrible mother and daughter and she deserved all of the chaos in her life. Worse, the writing was trite and the story line wasn't believable in any way (what kind of mother would behave that way?).I've never quit reading in the final chapter, but I did with this book. I wanted Anne Marie to die in a firey crash - and I had a feeling that Gruen didn't end the book that way, so I put it down and wrote my own ending. It's really difficult for me to believe that the Gruen who wrote this book, also wrote Water for Elephants. Either she had a major writing metamorphosis, or something fishy is going on.
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