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Title: How much time do you have to waste?
Review: There are at least 250 extra pages. As a fan of Dickens and Austen, I bristle to see them cited in these reviews; they were much more economical writers. I didn't throw it at the wall, I stayed until the ending, but was disappointed. Perhaps if it hadn't been hyped so much, my expectations might have been more realistic for a first novel--I blame the reviews more than the writer for my sense of relief when it ended.
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