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    <updated_at>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:22:10 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Very thorough review. Thanks!!]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:00:32 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Nice concise review!]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:48:03 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Nice review!]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:05:35 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This novel received a lot of positive press. I forced myself to finished it hoping that there would be redemption in the end. It didn't happen! The plot is farfetched. Three stories are unfolded in alternating chapters, but they move forward and back in time in a mysterious fashion that was confusin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76076550">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:35:18 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Nice review!]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:09:56 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[<div style="font-style: italic">This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76005008">click here.</a></div>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:06:00 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The Water-Faucet Vision by Gish Jen is exquisite.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:03:16 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The Signal has some farfetched plot angles that are annoying. The writing is beautiful. Carlson has attempted to write a thriller. He would have been better off focusing on the characters and their relationships. I have no idea why a girl named Amy has been added to the story. The protagonist is ver...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72069037">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:56:43 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Thanks for recommending this collection. I read Oscar Wao and loved the down and out character. I'm going to order Drown.]]></body>
        
    
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