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Title: Not what I expected
Review: I was eager to read this novel after hearing so much about it. To say that I was disappointed is an understatement. I was told the book was "a hard read" and quite frankly I resented that label. I consider myself an intelligent person, capable of following and understanding a novel. However, I am embarrassed to admit that I truly did not understand a lot about the book. There were far too many characters, their lives and names all got mixed together and I had to keep going back to past chapters to get them straight. I kept reading and telling myself that somehow at the end of the book all of this will come together and make sense. Needless to say none of it did. Also, Connie's "powers" totally eluded me. Somehow I was not expecting something like that to enter into the story. I suppose I should read it again but I know I never will. I resent having to read a novel twice in order to understand it. Having said that I can only wonder why so many are calling it "her best book yet".
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