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Title: A total waste of time. An insult to readers and women.
Review: This book was so bad, I almost returned it to get my money back. I am an avid reader and one-time fiction writer, and I could not believe the predicability of this plot. The story and character development were much like those of a soap opera (I don't watch soap operas), and thus were hard to take seriously. The main character resembled a bad "Ally McBeal" rip off. It astonishes me that this writer has won awards!I don't consider myself a feminist, however, I found the main character's complete obsession with finding a man and having a baby insulting to me as a woman, and insulting to men as well. Furthermore, her "love" for gay-Ethan had promise at first, but come on -- I do remember learning in my first writing class that a writer much "show and not tell" and I could not help but think of that as I read this book.As if you could not tell, I do not recommend this book if you normally enjoy good writing.
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