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Title: not my style
Review: I'm not sure why this book appeals to so many people. It's clear from the beginning that the author is working really hard to be lyrical & passionate, & is in love with her own writing. It makes it impossible to enjoy the story, because the author's desperate effort is so obvious. Near the end she confirmed my suspicions when she writes, "When a writer writes, it's as if she holds the sides of her chest apart, exposes her beating heart. And even though everything wants to heal, to close over and protect the heart, the writer must keep it bare, exposed. And in doing this, all of life is kept back, all the petty demands of the day-to-day. The heart is a river. The act of writing is the moving water that holds the banks apart, keeps the muscle of words flexing so that the reader can be carried along by this movement".Blech.
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