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Title: Sorry, but this book wasn't worth the time
Review: The Emperor's New Clothes.A.M. Homes is such a hugely talented writer, it is a shame that she wasted that gift on this story. Provocation is one thing, stooping this low to sift through humanity's dreck is quite another: spouse abuse, rape-like sex, chronic infidelity, child abuse, nervous breakdown and child murder--all in one story. The characters are universally unlikeable, the plot contrived, and the ending way too long in coming. Skip it.
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