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The Whipping Club
When a book is bad: a pained review of The Whipping Club
by, Danielle Sherwood
April 3, 2012

Have you ever disagreed with someone (friend, family member, stranger, bookseller) about a book? Have you ever hotly argued over the quality, or lack thereof, of one? No way! You couldn’t possibly love Freedom! What do you mean it’s a must-read? You say you couldn’t put it down? I loathed picking it up! It was awful! The characters aren’t likable, the ending sucked, and the… [Read More]

Filed Under: 1960s Ireland, abused orphans, bad writing, Catholic institutions, debut author, e-book formatting, fiction book review, good writing, guilt and betrayal, interfaith marriage, NetGalley, reading experience, Shakespeare, shifting perspectives, The Whipping Club, weak character development
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