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my interest in this novel started very strong then petered out more towards the end. I didn't really care what happened to the characters by the end. I felt the author just kept repeating things over and over again. the novel could have been half as long and still had the same effect if not better. worth reading I guess, but I am not sure I want to read anything else he wrote
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