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    <body><![CDATA[Taking a break from Wideman for something lighter, and this fit the bill. I was kind of disappointed, because the book was really predictable and the characters were stock ones. The places where Goudge put in the effort to push the story a bit didn't always work for me, but it's not a bad book. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Four college friends find their lives still touching each other's fifteen years after their Princeton graduation.  Although somewhat predictable, this book wasn't a bad read.  <br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I wanted to give this author a second try.  I think it will be my last.  She develops characters well; however, the characters have no character.  :-)]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was pretty good. I don't feel compelled to run out and find more books by this author, however. It was enjoyable, light reading though.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It seemed like some thing happened way to fast in the book, but at the same time, they made for a nice plot.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Chick lit about 4 friends from college 15 years after graduation.  All the plot lines were a bit implausible and neatly wrapped up, but it was an entertaining read.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Crapass chicklit with unlikeable characters. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I always enjoy Eileen Goudge's books.  This was another easy/enjoyable book.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I would really give this book a 3 and a half. I liked it and it was a quick read, but some of the characters bothered me a little. I know everyone has their issues, but the characters in this book make the issues there they are facing take over their whole lives. I know that I am saying this because...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31021593">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a random book I picked up at Borders on a whim.  It's the story of 4 college friends, 15 years or so after their college graduation.  It flips back and forth between all four of their lives... very enjoyable characters, but since it flips back and forth so much, I felt like I didn't get to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17401599">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't like this book.  I thought the writing was bad, the plot too predictable, and everything turned out too perfectly in the end.]]></body>
    
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