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Title: Implausible and boring
Review: The downfall of the Mulvaneys, after Oates' careful, exacting, boring description of them up to this point, was implausible, unbelievable. The parents she had described would just simply not treat their children, especially Marianne, the way they end up treating them. Seemed very naive. Has Oates had children of her own? The way she writes of the parents turning away from their children one by one makes it seem that she knows little of this bond. I would not recommend this book to anyone, and will be choosier henceforth and not as willing to read an Oprah selection just because it is an Oprah selection.
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