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Title: Uninspired Dreck
Review: This is my first time reading a book by this author. I was drawn in by the promise of reading about interesting characters set against the background of the Tuscan hillsides a la "Under the Tuscan Sun". What you get instead is a poorly paced, implausible storyline and a set of characters for which you just feel no empathy. Even listening to the audio version of this book, which typically adds a little drama to even the most banal of stories, didn't help.
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