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Title: Maudlin and incredible
Review: Having started by reading Rice's Cloud Nine, which I thought was very good, I have become more and more disappointed, first by Dream Country, then by Summer Light. The leap to fantasy (angels, angel dust, etc.) I could make, but unrealistic details I could not overlook.Where is there a high-security prison in which an inmate is able to converse with a young boy standing outside the fence? At one point the boy even touches the inmate's shoe!! And this child has apparently arrived at the prison on foot. I don't know about the rest of you, but the high-security prisons I'm aware of aren't in quite such friendly neighborhoods.I was also bothered by Rice repeatedly casting the Stanley Cup finals in May. I don't follow hockey but I know I'm still hearing news about the game in June.These inconsistencies create such a feeling of unease that it's impossible to accept the "truth" of the rest of the story. Very disappointing. Surely the last of hers that I will try.
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