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Title: Depressing
Review: An extremely disappointing and pedestrian novel that simply does not warrant the media hype it has received. The language is flat and without depth. The prose is mundane. A good editor would have cut the redundant sentences and tightened the narrative. This story of severe child abuse and misogyny is not redeemed by moral insight or cultural lesson. If it hadn't been a bookclub selection, I would have set it down after the first three chapters and spared myself the sickening sense of voyeurism that comes with witnessing senseless human cruelty.
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