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Title: Interminable chore of a read
Review: I agree with the other reviewer - the writer is technically gifted so she deserves at least one star. After all it is her first attempt. But I forced myself to finish this book and lost all patience with her in doing so. The only character for whom I felt even the vaguest of stirrings of empathy was Stephen Black. The book lacked warmth. And she was allowed to be totally self-indulgent with the footnotes, which really grated on my nerves. This is a total shame. This same story could be told well. It simply isn't.
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