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Summary: Literary Trash
Review: While stranded at the Zurich train station for 10 hours, I had the misfortune to find this book abandoned in a waiting room. Upon reading it I could certainly see why the previous owner had left it behind, in disgust I imagine."Hunting Down Amanda" read like the script of a formulaic Hollywood movie, replete with stock characters, rampant stereotyping, one-liners, and token chases and shoot-outs, culminating to a weakly predictable resolution. The only thing more contrived than the horrendous dialogue was the plot itself. I'm not sure which was the most unbelievable: Amanda's supernatural powers, the unplausable explanation of their origin, or the fact that this book made it to print in the first place. I suppose I shouldn't be suprised by the low quality of almost every aspect of "Hunting Down Amanda": from the unimaginative title to the poor writing, this novel was intended to appease the mass market, hence the lowest common denominator. In this context, potential readers should view this book more as a mindless distraction rather than as an enlightening literary experience. Better still, they should view it when it eventually comes to cable television, since it is unlikely that someone who would find "Hunting Down Amanda" worthwhile would read anything more engaging than TV Guide.
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