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I didn't know too much about magical realism as a genre, but, after reading this book, I have a better idea of what it is. I am not sure that it will ever be a genre that I will naturally like, but, in certain stories, I can see how it is a technique that can emphasize a feeling as in this book where it is used to increase the feeling of sadness and disappointment by the unbelievable amount of tears or powers of the tears.
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Good premise - but plot became contrived and then progressed to stupid.
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