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Title: Fine writing but not the finest ever
Review: I stayed up all night reading this book, but not because it was so wonderful I couldn't put it down. Rather, I kept waiting for the wonderfulness I'd heard about from critics to show up.This is not to say I didn't enjoy the book. The author's portrayal of the angsty loner teen was spot on, and I recognized myself and others I knew in the characters. The sex-not-love relationship was particularly poignant. This is an above average book, and I thought about it a long time after reading it.But some of the passages entering Lee's thought process were overwrought, overlong and overcomplicated, and I think the book could've been a good 50 to 100 pages shorter. By the last fourth of the book, I was ready to see some development and change in Lee that never came.I still recommend anyone read this book, but don't go in expecting the greatest novel of our time, like many of the critics make it sound.
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