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A review by writerrhiannon
The Misfortune of Marion Palm by Emily Culliton
3.0
I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
I grabbed this galley at Book Expo 2017, thinking it sounded quirky and fun, but I just never got around to reading it. While reorganizing my shelves last week I thought I would move it to the top. I needed a silly story about a mother who embezzles from her daughters' private school and goes on the run. What I got was a pretty depressing story full of unlikeable characters. Don't get me wrong, I like unlikeable characters (that makes sense, right?) but there is not a single likable character in this novel to balance the scales. Before reading this novel I thought that maybe it didn't get a lot of attention because it was zany and unique, but after reading it I can see it's strangely anticlimactic in every way (storyline, character growth, etc). It's a dark-comedy, indie film version of "Where'd You Go, Bernadette?"...and not in a good way. The true misfortune of this novel is that it has great potential, but doesn't reach it.
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I grabbed this galley at Book Expo 2017, thinking it sounded quirky and fun, but I just never got around to reading it. While reorganizing my shelves last week I thought I would move it to the top. I needed a silly story about a mother who embezzles from her daughters' private school and goes on the run. What I got was a pretty depressing story full of unlikeable characters. Don't get me wrong, I like unlikeable characters (that makes sense, right?) but there is not a single likable character in this novel to balance the scales. Before reading this novel I thought that maybe it didn't get a lot of attention because it was zany and unique, but after reading it I can see it's strangely anticlimactic in every way (storyline, character growth, etc). It's a dark-comedy, indie film version of "Where'd You Go, Bernadette?"...and not in a good way. The true misfortune of this novel is that it has great potential, but doesn't reach it.
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