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Book Review of Love and Shame and Love: A Novel

Love and Shame and Love: A Novel
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Orner has a unique way of writing that I've really enjoyed. He has a talent for giving you tons of descriptive detail while at the same time giving you as little detail as possible. The perfect words are used to paint a picture in your head as you're reading. I also really liked that instead of being broken into chapters, it's broken into memories. This way, when an interruption arrives, you can easily finish the section you're reading before stopping.

The characters are intriguing and the writing was seamless. The only thing is that this novel was very easy to put down. There was nothing to keep me captivated enough to keep turning the pages. Its a great book to take along where you can easily put it down but not when you sit down expecting to read a few hours. However, if you can stick with it, it's a very pleasurable read.