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Title: Shreve's dishonesty unfairly tricks the reader
Review: I too have liked several of Anita Shreve's novels. I actually liked this novel until the ending. I don't want to give it away, but it seems to me unfair to have the 312 pages that have gone before completely overturned by the final page. Writers should not set out to deceive readers unfairly. Yes, Thomas and Linda have a beautiful relationship, and Shreve writes with evocative images, a taut plot (even if a few too many coincidences), and terrific scenes--especially in Kenya. But the ending undermines all that has gone before. A huge disappointment.
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