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Title: Gap Creek
Review: I'm afraid I agree with the review of September 10, 2001 "Reviewer: p.burton from Chesapeake, VA". I bought the CD version and kept hearing "I said", "mama said", "papa said", "Hank said", "Mrs. Richards said", etc. At some point I forgot about the story and began waiting for the the next "said" to clomp down like a heavy boot. Eventually they became irritating and I had to finish listening to it in small bits over a few days.The problem was compounded by the reader's same monotone reading of the "I/he/she said" words. They were almost detached from the rest of the words. I also had a little trouble relating to or believing Julie's description of her feelings, etc. I think the problem might be a male author trying to write from a female perspective. I saw the author during a television interview and was really looking forward to the book. I think he has some interesting tales to tell but I was disappointed in this one.
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