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Title: The NY Times was divided on this book.
Review: There is a subtle snobbbishness in much of the praise of this novel. It is difficult, we are told, but everything worthwhile is. (Subtext if you don't like this book maybe you aren't up to reading it.) Toni Morrison's book is difficult, but that hardly seems the point. The question is "Is it worth the effort?" I have been slogging through this book in hopes that the answer is yes but in the end the answer is no. In an effort to understand what it is I was missing I checked out the NY Times website and looked for the review of Paradise. Low and behold I discovered that the NY Times had printed more than one review of this book. A favorable review (quoted above) was in the Sunday Times but a very unfavorable one was printed in the daily paper!
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