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Title: Too sad to be uplifting.
Review: The last sentence of this story summarizes the author's point and purpose beautifully: that all our lives and stories are connected, and everything has a purpose, however unseen or realized. BUT, I truly disliked this book!! I felt the 'point' was so poorly executed. The stories that unfolded were so sad and unnecessarily tragic that I was distanced and disturbed instead of connected and heart-warmed. The hero's life might have not been a waste, technically, but if he was too unhappy to realize the beauty in it, then the story is a tragedy in my opinion. I was expecting something uplifting, and couldn't have been more disappointed.
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