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Title: House of Jekyl and Hide
Review: Mark Bowes, I couldn't agree with you more! The first half reads as a fast-paced, solid story which manages to be insightful and reflective while keeping the action alive. It was very grounded, and seemed like many real-life legal and personal battle happening every day. But when the wheels come off, when the characters begin behaving in outrageous, completely unrealistic ways, the story degenerates into a lurid TV Movie of the Week.Just as this soft-spoken novel turns into melodrama, the author begins using more obvious, cliche literary devices, as well. Whenever a character does something completely unpredictable and violent, the next chapter gives us a flashback to a damaging event from that character's point of view. As if the reader will be comforted by extra exposition. Surely, there has to be a better way to invoke sympathy, keep the reader interested, and move the story along!
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