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Her writing is cliched and pedestrian. There is nothing soul-bearing about it.

Maybe it's that I have my own personal disdain for co-dependent women but I don't know how else to say that I just didn't like it. Yes, Merrill does share some things that she would probably consider her "deep, dark secrets" but the fact that she's more good girl than bad girl just leaves it flat.

I do, however, have to try to find a few good things to say about it to give the local bookseller a blurb to use when they put this book on display after it's published. I suppose I'll stick to vague adjectives like "poignant" and "revealing".]]>