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Title: An intriguing but disappointing novel
Review: While this novel and its characters were intriguing to me, it was unsatisfying. Steinke piles dysfunction on top of dysfunction and trauma on top of trauma to somehow explain Ella's behavior. I never felt like I understood Ella or her gallery of insane relatives. Steinke's prose is very beautiful and evocative but her plot and character development left me wanting a whole lot more.
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