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Early on I was prepared to give this one 5 stars. Rhys can really write, and can hold her own w/ folks like Hemingway (whom she most resembles, but from a female perspective). The sentences. Oh, the sentences. Rhys can totally balance out precision and nuance in a single line. Don't ask me to explain, I just know it when I read it, and I don't run across it too often. The problem I had w/ this short novel (barely over a hundred pages), is its bleakness, its oppressiveness. It's like the mood est
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