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Title: Tedious, Flat, Plodding
Review: I enjoyed Grafton's earlier books immensely, but the last few have been kind of iffy.... some good and some bad. I was hesitant to invest in this one, but the premise sounded interesting. It could have been a good story, but I found myself struggling to get through it. I thought it was just me...maybe too many distractions just now. But after reading some of the other customer reviews, I see that I was not alone. There are the usual tedious descriptions of life's minutia common to Grafton's books, but what is worse, the entire story is flat and plodding without any spark. If this was a debut novel by an unknown author, it would go straight to the discount table in the bookstore. Only Grafton's name and past reputation are responsible for this book being a bestseller.
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