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Title: repetitious
Review: Connie Willis is a decent storyteller with an extremely limited vocabulary. "Confabulating" appears at least a dozen times, as the single term to describe filling in memory gaps by fabrication. But that is just a striking example of what is altogether scratchy prose. Ms. Willis' writing is laudatory for a junior high school student.The book, about near death experiences, is repetitious to the extreme. The main characters are clueless doctors. There were many opportunities to explain medical constructs which Ms. Willis skips over to instead pursue the senseless scurrying of her lead character.If you like science fiction, there's not much to like here. If you like character development, there's not much to like here. If you like an intriguing plot, you've chosen the wrong book.
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