Cis H. (californiadreamin) reviewed on 12/2/2014 + 279 more book reviews

As Harper's Bazaar commented: "Haunting...compelling.." It took a while for me to get into the story since I kept thinking how the parents would feel when all five daughters were gone. But once I let go of the 'mom' factor, I truly enjoyed Eugenides writing. Loved his descriptive phrases like "a midnight-blue jar of Vicks VapoRub fingerprinted inside" and "the hopeless expression of a man draining a swamp with a kitchen sponge".
Great writing for a debut novel.

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