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Poison: A Novel
Poison A Novel
Author: Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
A tour de force about marriage, deceit, envy, and the reverberations of a life and a life's work. — The death of flamboyant writer and womanizer Peter Grosvenor sets in motion a series of spiraling events surrounding his legacy and his estate. His bitter third wife, his two children, his sister, his friends, and his would-be biographers ar...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393061017
ISBN-10: 0393061019
Publication Date: 4/24/2006
Pages: 608
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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This book had a quite promising opening. Immediately, I was engaged and curiously turning page after page. Yet, as the pages progressed, the book deviated into becoming more of a character study. Had this been a book about characters I liked, I don't think I would have been as deeply disappointed as I was. And, in the end, nothing seemed resolved at all. The beginning hinted at secrets and revelations... but in 600+ pages, it failed to deliver.

That is not to say that writing wasn't good. My only complaint from that aspect had to do with POV, which became a little muddled at times. I don't think that I would recommend this to anyone that I liked, nor would I seek out other works by this author.


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