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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371033.Backpack?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Backpack" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229616m/371033.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371033.Backpack?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Backpack</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/24534.Emily_Barr">Emily Barr</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/533388?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 2 of 5 stars<br/>This was the final piece of fiction I read in preparation for my trip to Thailand, and it was considerably inferior to the others (The Beach and Sightseeing). For the first half of the book, the heroine was so utterly unlikable that I almost abandoned the story at several points. I didn't because I knew her redemption was inevitable--unfortunately, though, that story was ultimately ruined by a poorly executed murder mystery. Bleh. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/46761?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>