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This book is fascinating and I wanted to be swept away, but despite some masterful insights and vivid descriptions, it lacked power. I found myself comparing Lispecter's writing to Virginia Woolf as I read. Woolf description are magical, you can smell and taste the ripe pear even though she only uses a few words to describe it, in the same way the reader is able to form a mental image of Mrs. Dalloway's green dress. Lispecter does not have Woolf's gift, but she is able to convey all of the compl
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I am not one for stream-of-consciousness writing. I really made an effort for this book but I didn’t enjoy it. So dark.

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