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Title: I like Anne Tyler, but..
Review: Several years ago I attempted to read Breathing Lessons but just gave it up because the characters were just too one-dimensional, boring, and unbelievable. After recently reading several other of Tyler's books (Ladder of Years, Patchwork Planet, Homesick Restaurant) and really enjoying them, I decided to try again. Sorry, but this book is a stinker! How it won a Pulitzer is beyond me. Unlike her other books, this one has no real hook for the reader, that is, nothing to keep him turning the pages. I finally (again) became so disgusted with the main characters that I (again) gave up. If you want to start reading Anne Tyler, don't start on this one because you may never read another. Perhaps this book was written as an example of a certain kind of writing for some esoteric literature class, but not for the general reader.
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