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[quote=Anonymous]I finished this book about 5 minutes ago.  Wow.  I really wanted to like it, but ultimately I don't think I do.  Maybe 3.5/5 stars.

The format of the first part of the book was intriguing, and I started getting invested in the characters and the build-up to the big mystery - Bernadette's disappearance.

By the end though, I felt like this promising beginning had fallen apart.  I felt completely blindsided by the ending, or lack thereof!  By the end of Bernadette's heretofore missing letter, there's a hope of familial reconciliation and new beginnings.  But oh by the way, the author decided to give Elgin a ridiculous love child with his admin!  I think the book would have worked so much better without that plot point - what purpose does it serve other than to muddy the denouement of the book???

The author also spent a ton of time telling us about Samantha2, only to have it all disappear at the end - what purpose was that supposed to serve in the book other than to establish Elgin as a workaholic?  That could have been done with a lot fewer words.

Anyone else read this book and have similar (or completely contradictory!!) thoughts??[/quote]

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