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Summary: Like a pilot idea for a TV series, the story lacks an ending
Review: This story became more interesting as the plot shifted from the mundane life of a middle-aged woman to a supernatural connection linking contemporary characters and events to historical characters and events. Sadly, when the story ran its course, there were no tidy or clever conclusions to explain much of the mystery. The initial subplot is, roughly, resolved but there are too few "whys" and "hows" to satisfy this reader's imagination. At the end, new plots are introduced while the roles (if not the natures) of some important characters remain unexplained. There are simply more questions raised by the final chapter than are answered -- and not in an intriguing way, but rather in a "stay tuned for next week's episode" way. Overall, this book introduces an imaginative idea for a story but it fails to support it with creative details. The ending sets up more questions than it resolves, presumably to entice the reader to buy a sequel, which might be titled: "The Eternal Adventures of Em in the Wastelands."
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