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    <body><![CDATA[I agree with many of the reviews that say that this was a wonderful book but was a bit too short. I enjoyed Ovid's insights and loved how &quot;True to life&quot; this book was. I was also excited to see a new plot point that I've never seen in YA literature (what Ovid does).]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is sort of a not-humorous &quot;Spanking Shakespeare.&quot;  Instead of a boy who's named after a prolific writer and is plagued by a number of ridiculous encounters and circumstances, we have a boy named after an ancient Roman poet with a junkie sister and friends who are willing to change eve...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59240289">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I just couldn't find a connection with the main character.  That's one of the big things that makes or breaks a book for me.]]></body>
    
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