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I love Ann Patchett books, the characters are always very interesting people. Most of her books end leaving me wanting a different ending. This book took me by surprise. The last 40 pages were absolutely wonderful. It totally satisfied me. Be patient with this book. It will totally deliver.

I love Ann Patchett and I did not think this book was nearly as good as her others have been. In the back, they have a question and answer session with her and she said this is her favorite book, very surprising to me. She talks about how moral the main character is. Well, I found his choices, actually a total lack of reaction to a lot of ridiculous things, to be not so much moral as just plain blase. Wow. Her writing, as always, is great, but the story just seemed so weird to me. Not my favorite of hers by a long shot.

A great read! The one thing I am finding about Ann Patchett's books is I love the plot and the characters, I just hate the ending. She writes wonderful stories that draw you in, and characters that you just care about, but the endings are rotten.