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Title: Not up to Par
Review: I like Elizabeth Hand's writing, but to be honest, it was a chore to get through this book. It had fairly decent reviews, so I went ahead and read it. Maybe I just didn't get it, I read it pretty fast, but it just seemed so random in parts, the narrative was so abstract, and I could never get into it. I loved Waking the Moon, plot holes and all, and Winterlong was fairly good (till the end). To me, it seemed like she was continuing the themes of those two prior books, but it was nowhere near as satisfying or enjoyable. I finished it out of loyalty to her. I didn't like the characters, I didn't relate to them at all. Even the main character, I couldn't understand her motivations, what she was doing, or why she stuck around. Overall, a disapointing read. Given the choice, read Waking the Moon, a much better book, even though it does have problems of it's own.
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