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Title: Not worth reading as a stand-alone.
Review: Oh, what a waste of time. Maybe it's good in tandem with the (now cancelled) TV show, but alone it's tedious, it drags, and, since it's designed to get you to watch the show, has no real resolution or denoument. If you MUST read it, get it from the library, don't waste your money.
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