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Title: Overlong and frustrating
Review: While there is some nice writing in this book and it gets off to a good start, eventually the endlessly repeated details about the characters' daily tasks is tedious. And don't get me started on the letdown that makes the last 300 or so pages an ordeal. After investing around 500 pages of reading time, I felt I had to finish, even though I skimmed the last 300 pages and missed nothing that I could see. The end leaves you with no satisfaction whatsoever. This could easily have been edited by at least 300 pages. It went immediately to the used book store after I threw it across the room.
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