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Title: Not the best of Block but still wonderful
Review: Block is a literary genius and my favorite writer; therefore, this book cannot be bad. However, this is not her best.This book is written as a journey of self-discovery, centered around Echo, a young girl growing up in the shadow of her goddess-like mother. Her life is spent trying to shed that shadow and become a person in her own right. The book interweaves chapters of Echo's life with chapters telling the stories of the main figures in her life. This is an interesting device that works here.Something that more intense Block fans will notice is that the chapter of this book revovling around Echo's health obsession is drawn, sometimes verbatim, from Block's short story Blood Oranges.Although good, this is not Block's best. If you're starting out, read Girl Goddess #9 or I Was A Teenage Fairy.
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