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Title: Damned with Faint Praise
Review: Her books on the 19th century were informative, suspenseful, entertaining and well-written. She lost something in translation to the 20th century. The ambigious, wandering philosophical comments may have had a purpose; but she forgot what they were.The plot was capable of much more complexity, even if only in the hands of the principals. The ending was an anticlimax, leaving me glad the book was done. The mysterious characters who appeared twice in the book were unexplained. Why did she waste time with them? Much hand-wringing throughout the book. And the purpose?It's good to have libraries where one may read before buying.
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