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Title: Sophomore Slump
Review: I very much enjoyed Bee Season. This is a classic sophomore novel. Very ambitious. Consciously unconventional to very little effect. Very poorly edited. Haphazard story lines. Not a very enjoyable read. I found it interesting because of the historic context, but the descriptions of bygone places such as Boston's West End and Scollay Square are over-researched and not remarkably subtle.I find it unfathomable that anyone could call this book "awe-inspiring". I liked the review "Each reader can interpret the meaning of this book according to one's own life experience." The same could be said of the back of a box of Wheaties.I found the descriptions of the epidemic compelling enough to take out some of the books she used in her research which are more interesting.
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