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Eddie's Bastard: A Novel by William Kowalski

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2.0

It started off fairly strongly - I was quite enjoying it. The first misstep was when Doctor Connors lectured the protagonist on testerone - its good and bad sides. And then the story just gradually became less interesting. The supporting characters weren't that strong - they kind of popped up when needed and went away when they didn't.

I felt like Kowalski could have taken this story into a lot of interesting areas, but didn't really do anything with it. The mysteries weren't that mysterious, Billy's adventures don't really lead anywhere, and the book itself is ultimately unsatisfying. Not terrible, just not terribly good.
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