Victoria (YSB) - reviewed on 4/27/2010 + 636 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

Wow... I am not really sure where to start! I have really mixed feelings about this book, completely due to the ending. I was just not satisfied with the way things were "resolved." I like endings to be a bit more concrete. But as far as character studies go, this was superb (it would also make a good diet book, as some of the descriptions were frankly nauseating - believable, but sickening... it will be a long time before I can even think of eating chocolates from a box!). I enjoyed reading this, and the writing was surprisingly beautiful. I appreciated the "shout-out" to the main characters from _The Girls_, and the shift to California was very reminiscent of _The Tortilla Curtain_ to me.
It was really just the loose nature of the end that bothered me, especially since I kept expecting things to happen that never did. All in all, this was a great character study, but a novel with a rather incomplete plot resolution.

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