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Title: A Huge Disappointment!
Review: This book was so boring and superficial that I quit reading it about halfway through. That was a first for me as I am an avid reader and usually enjoy Oprah's Book Club selections. This one, though, was really off the mark and very disappointing. The characters were never fully developed, the story line was way too draggy, tedious, and predictable and Ms. Oates' use of punctuation, especially her constant overuse of hyphenated adjectives, drove me NUTS! This is the first work of Joyce Carol Oates that I have read, and I must say I was quite surprised at her lack of ability to write a crisp, compelling story and her writing style in general seemed amateurish. My advice to anyone contemplating reading this book is don't waste your time, there are much better books out there to curl up with.
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