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Spin Doctor
by Leslie Carroll

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Author: Leslie Carroll
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2006-01-24
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks

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Book Review: I would not recommend this book
Summary: 1 Stars

I did not expect it to be literature (checked it out of the library randomly to take it with me on vacation). But wow it was bad! I skipped ahead a lot to "finish" it. I think the main reason I read it was because I became intrigued by how bad it was. It was not so bad it was good. It was plain and simple bad. I kept thinking how is it that someone wrote this, editors read it, various people decided it was a finished product, and it got published? I suppose it is possible there are other books as poorly written as this, but I am not used to reading them.

The book failed primarily due to poor writing. Though the events were far-fetched, the basic premise and plot could have worked in the hands of a good writer. The main character was neither believable, nor likable. Sadly, the other women were not interesting either. They were supposed to be, but none of the voices felt genuine. Especially the teenage daughter and the gypsy fortune teller! The story attempted to cover a lot of important issues in the women's lives (grief, motherhood, adoption, gay marriage, teenage ennui, betrayal, anorexia, interracial relations, illness, you name it) but everything was so poorly executed, it all ended up in a mess and I could not care about any of it. There were also numerous spelling mistakes, and factual errors that could've been averted with a quick wikipedia search (e.g., endomitriosis (sic) does not mean you throw your hands up and declare infertility!).

I would not recommend this book.

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