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Title: Dull
Review: I was a huge fan of "Secret Life of Bees" and even subscribe to Sue Monk Kidd's newsletter. What happened here? This was a lackluster and self-centered indulgence of the writer. The whole thing felt very forced and selfish. Did the success of her first novel "get" to her? I hope not. Perhaps "Bees" was just too hard of an act to follow. I closed the book and immediately passed it to a friend with a great deal of warning. Kidd's descriptions of the locale and the environment of this barrier island are charming and enthralling, but the characters are sorely lacking. It's hard to root for a protagonist when one doesn't give a whit about her/him.
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