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It takes a very talented author to write a book that was seeping in despair yet at the same time not bleak. It takes a very talented author to make you hope that the book has taken a sudden turn into magical realism without any warning (view spoiler) . Karen Russell is that talented author. I can see why many readers h
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This was an interesting book. It was highly recommended to me, but I am still not sure what I think of it. I thought it was well-written, but I was upset by some of the things that happened in the plot, things that all too often happen in real life. I think I was hoping that the tone of the book would be more positive than it was.

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