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_pickle_ 's review for:
A Gate at the Stairs
by Lorrie Moore
A book of no great charm but no great flaw, except possibly the overworked language. And in a book that comes close to a hanging offense. Take the voice of the main character: despite being a young college student the main character sounds far more like what I imagine the author would sound like. The author shows off too much.
The story was only just passable. It was melodramatic and predictable and because of that none of the events had an deep emotional impact. This book feels like it is trying to tell many things but in the end fails to tell anything well or believably.
There are much better books to read than this. Skip.
The story was only just passable. It was melodramatic and predictable and because of that none of the events had an deep emotional impact. This book feels like it is trying to tell many things but in the end fails to tell anything well or believably.
There are much better books to read than this. Skip.