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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They’re both dull as hell. Imagine having that kind of money and living that kind of life.[/quote]

She's not that dull.  Gwyneth is going to play her in a movie.  He on the other hand abandoned his kids and tried to screw her out of the inherited wealth she used to buy their marital homes.  And now America can see that on the big screen. [/quote]
She is absolutely dull. Her writing was juvenile and shows no personality at all. She’s a milquetoast whose inheritance was the only interesting thing about her.[/quote]

Will respectfully disagree with this take.

Was it the best written, most interesting book ever? No.

Did it demonstrate some fairly rare vulnerability/candor for a person from that particular social circle? Yes.[/quote]

I enjoyed it and read it in a couple of days. It was an easy read — not what I’d call particularly literary.

I felt it was honest and true to her experience — kind of a horror story from her viewpoint, really. Good for her for breaking the cycle of (I believe) her mother and grandmother looking the other way when their husbands were unfaithful.

She does not seem to be someone truly comfortable being the center of attention — introverted, reflective. I like that because I am similar, but I can see how she might come off as uninteresting to others.[/quote]

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