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Summary: Where You Belong
Review: While I found the book entertaining, it was not the quality of Woman of Substance or Act of Will. The book was simple but slow and I had to keep reminding myself that this is one of my favorite authors.This is a quick read and not realistic. One of the things I enjoy about Ms. Bradford's books is the realism and this one fell short.
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Summary: Whatever Happened to "Substance?"
Review: You can't really blame BTB for continuing to try: her publishers seem willing to keep paying for her uniquely disappointing form of blather, so why not keep producing it? For readers, however, it's another matter: producing something this bad, this substanceless, this lacking in character development and plot, seems downright contemptuous of the reader. You'd have to have something like contempt for your own readers to give them such unrefined drivel. BTB either thinks she can pull the wool over readers' eyes or that they are genuinely unintelligent. Well, sales don't lie, and the author hasn't had a hit in YEARS. So when will the publishers finally get wise and take away the burden of having to meet any deadlines at all? It's not like anyone's waiting for the fruits of her efforts any more. We've moved on. BTB (I met her at a tea once) gets upset when people refer back to her only good book, A Woman of Substance, and desperately doesn't want to be thought of as a one book author. Well, sorry BTB: we've given you ample opportunity to rise again, and you just don't seem to have it in you. Give it up. After all, we have.
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