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This read was a sentimental choice as I enjoyed Whitney's book in my younger days, but the story somehow fell flat for me.
There was mystery but the resolution was sort of pointless in the end, it did not make sense to me at all. The writing was okay and the setting atmospheric but I could not get over the aloofness of the writer towards the culture and the people. They felt stereotypical and two-dimensional.
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There was mystery but the resolution was sort of pointless in the end, it did not make sense to me at all. The writing was okay and the setting atmospheric but I could not get over the aloofness of the writer towards the culture and the people. They felt stereotypical and two-dimensional.
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