Kristin Z. (philsgal26) reviewed on 5/17/2010 + 2 more book reviews

I agree with a few of the other reviewers. This book was beautifully written and kept me hooked but overall it was pretty depressing and I just had a hard time connecting with Alice the main character. I wanted to understand her and feel for her but I was never able to connect with her as a character and even throughout the unjustices that were done to her I still saw her as emotionally removed from her family and self-absorbed. Even after some of the issues were resolved I never really felt that Alice grew or learned from it and was content to stay "different" as she and other characters remarked she had been her whole life. At the end I still felt sad for her husband and children. The book definitely kept me intersted but also somewhat sad that Alice and her family would never get to a better place then they had ever been - before or after the tragedy.

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