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Title: Ho Hum
Review: I was really disappointed in this book. I guess it's supposed to be a portrait of small town life in America, but to me it was just dull and dated. I found the characters to be lifeless cliches. Instead of getting absorbed in the story, I would say to myself "Oh, so this is the part where the author's trying to drive home the harshness of rural life" or whatever point the author was heavy-handedly driving at. It's also quite predictable. Gee, once the sick old loner gives the kids her house key, do you suppose they'll find her dead??? Please. The worst disappointment was how utterly unengaging the pregnant girl is - as lifeless and uninteresting as cardboard.
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