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Oct 21, 2014LauraSteinert rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Someone dies in the first chapter; nothing happens until page 178 when Tess shows up for no reason at all, then a few chapters later, the book ends with a predictable ending. This book is ONLY for people who find "Portrait of a Lady" endlessly fascinating, and want to look deeply into the inner workings of unhappy people who do not like themselves and the people they choose to surround themselves. There nothing fun, exciting, or interesting happening here. This is Lippman's second book in which she struggles to create unlikable, boring people, who feel sorry for themselves and justify their behavior as someone else's fault.