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Title: A beautifully written book with a disappointing ending.
Review: I read this book because I read "The Pilot's Wife" and loved it. I also very much enjoyed this story until the last page. The author did nothing whatsoever to prepare me for the ending. I felt extremely cheated. This is the very reason I quit reading Dean Koonz - stupid endings that don't fit the books. I may or may not give the author a second chance. I don't need a happy ending, but I sure do need one that fits the rest of the book. I think Ms. Shreve went for "clever" and failed. Had she given me even one little inkling of what she had planned, I would say okay because I wouldn't feel cheated. Before the ending I would have given it a solid four stars, maybe even five. Now - not so much.
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