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Title: Unbelievable, bad and unbelievably bad
Review: I can't believe all these positive reviews! It was readable, but hardly exciting, profound or wondrous. In fact, parts of it were laughable. An elk that thinks he's Elvis? Give me a break! A man who may be "part fish?" Yeah, right.Then there's the ambiguity surrounding the character Jina. Why does she spell her name like that? Is it just exoticised Italian, or something more? I happen to know that Ji-na can be a Korean women's name, and there are hints that she might be Asian, but this needs to be made clear long, long before the book ever goes to print. And don't even get me started on the requisite Arab bad guy.A nice "pitch" novel, full of elements designed to appeal to readers. In terms of achieving something as a novel, though, it's a mess.
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