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Title: This book stumbles over its own words.
Review: The story is so imbedded in unnecessary literary gymnastics that I found this book unenjoyable. The women in the convent were not likeable and the town's people were difficult to follow without a family tree. I felt no empathy for any of the characters. There were so many of them that they all appreared shallow. This is the first Toni Morrison book I have read, and I do hope this was not her best as it would be difficult to see how she could be a prize winning novelist at this rate. It takes so long to find the story that it seems to have lost any plot before it even begins. The premise of the book is fine - it is the style in which it is written that seems most flawed.
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