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Title: Boring and tedious
Review: I bought the book on a whim. I love horror fiction and thought, "cool, goth and horror." Sounded like a good combination.Kiernan is a fine writer. She has an intense, lyrical style. But I just couldn't get into the characters. They sounded so self-absorbed and stupid. I was pretty stupid and self-destructive in my late teens and early 20's but, man, these characters are purely implausible and I got really bored with them fast.The only reason I finished the book was because I was driving from Chicago to Denver with nothing else to read. So it was better than watching TV in motel rooms. I quickly donated the book to the local used book store. Maybe there's a teenager or two that will pick up the book for $.50 and think the book is really fabulous and intense. Yay for them.
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