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Title: Disappointing
Review: A friend of mine passed this book on to me, and at first I was really looking forward to reading it. I've heard good things about Anita Shreve, and I still want to read some of her other work. However, this book was just one big disappointment after another, until the very upsetting and unbelievable ending. I believe a book should keep you guessing, and I respect an author's ability to keep the reader in suspense. But the end of this book was totally unexpected- but not in an interesting, clever way that some authors are capable of pulling off. Instead, this ending was just totally out of the blue, as if she knew the book was really boring and the only way to get people talking or to even remember this novel would be to add some crazy surprise ending. I feel deceived, like she thought if she added this insane ending, her readers would be fooled into thinking she is a literary genius. Instead, I just lost some respect for her talent.
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