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Title: What am I missing?
Review: I consider myself very fortunate to have discovered several new authors as well as several excellent books by reading the Oprah Book-of-the-Month club selections; however, I was very disappointed in "Beloved". The story is hard to follow, slow, and did not contain the history I expected. I got so tired of reading about Sethe's daughter Denver trying to keep Beloved happy, of Paul's confusion as to where to sleep, of Beloved's mood swings...I've read thousands of books in my life, and only twice have I not bothered to finish a novel. "Beloved" was one of them. My guess is that the symbolic and poetic content of "Beloved" is over my head, which surprises me immensely. I was disappointed that the story didn't catch my attention.
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