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I should have a shelf for epilogues that have no place being a part of a book. I loved the characters. I loved the melodrama -- the operatic scope of this novel. Of course it wasn't realistic, but it didn't have to be. The mixing of the characters, the Stockholm syndrome of the hostages, the practically Utopian society that developed -- all of it was acceptable because the characters felt alive. I even accepted the real ending.
But the epilogue was almost enough to wreck the book. I hated it so ...more
But the epilogue was almost enough to wreck the book. I hated it so ...more
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Though this isn't the fastest book, I thought it was great, right up to the Epilogue, and then I was a little disappointed, but over a great read.
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Jul 18, 2007
Jade17
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really liked it
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Dec 19, 2007
Rebekah
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it was amazing
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May 20, 2008
Jenn
marked it as to-read
Jun 25, 2008
Katie
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Nov 15, 2008
Sandra
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Sep 27, 2013
Gaijinmama
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Jun 04, 2021
Cora
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it was amazing
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Aug 10, 2015
Kristina
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