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Title: Failed on Every Count
Review: I think this novel failed on every count. First, the characters were cardboard and not at all developed. Second, the story was TOLD rather than dramtized in scenes. Third, the characters were weak and ineffectual. None of them was striving toward something. Each just accepted his or her lot in life and refused to do a thing to try to change it. Fourth, while I didn't mind the recipes and the symbolism of the cooking, I did mind the way the narrative was interrupted to insert silly instructions for made-up concoctions of food. All in all a dumb book that violated every principal of good writing.
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