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The Uses of Enchantment
The Uses of Enchantment
Author: Heidi Julavits
In late afternoon on November 7, 1985, sixteen-year-old Mary Veal was abducted after field hockey practice at her all-girls New England prep school. Or was she? — A few weeks later an unharmed Mary reappears as suddenly and mysteriously as she disappeared, claiming to have little memory of what happened to her. Her socially ambitiou...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780385513234
ISBN-10: 0385513232
Publication Date: 10/1/2006
Pages: 368
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3.1 stars, based on 9 ratings
Publisher: Doubleday
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Audio CD
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JPatterson avatar reviewed The Uses of Enchantment on + 11 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
A good premise very badly executed. There are no sympathetic or even vaguely realistic characters in this story. From the earliest pages you have no reason to care about any of the characters and you just want the book to end. The psychobabble dialogue is exhausting, and the fact that this is one of those books that ends with the tired "did this really happen, or not?" is just the last nail in its coffin.
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