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  <title>Hide and Seek: A Novel</title>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of those books that I really, really wanted to love but it just didn't happen.  A story of a lost little boy, told through the eyes of his slightly older brother has all the works to be emotional and endearing.  There are angles that are so unique from a child's point of view, like the emotions of the parents as the narrator observes their breakdown into reality, and at times I think Sambrook got it spot on.  Too often, though, I found she didn't give the young narrator enough credit.  This is not the independent voice of Extremely Loud...and it's not the beauty of The Curious Incident.  It's almost as if she's tried too hard to make this narrator be just a normal boy.<br/><br/>Thing is, if you lose your little brother, you're not going to be just a normal boy.<br/><br/>It's not hard work and it was a quick read on a plane, but it just didn't pay off quite as much as I would have liked, considering the premise.]]></body>
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