Look at Me: A Novel

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Summary: Pain and Poetry
Review: This novel, which reflects a young woman's deep pain, self-loathing, and need for control in a story of personal discovery is told in nothing short of poetic style. The dissonance between the beauty of the writing and the disturbing story it is used to tell make this book deeply affecting, as well as a profoundly revealing lesson for anyone who has ever doubted their own self-worth.

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Summary: Good book Lauren!
Review: When i first read the review of this Book i didnt think it would be a good book. Then i bought the book at a local book store and began reading. After the first few pages i was sucked in by Laurens great use of imagery. I would recommend this book to everyone and you should buy this book. If you dont you are missing out on an exellent book and ignore all the other reviews because this book is great!!!!

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Summary: (Don't) Look At Me
Review: Wow. I have honestly never read a book written in a more puerile, sophomoric and just plain annoying manner. I feel completely taken by the bait-and-switch way in which I was induced into purchasing this book. The Amazon excerpt is exciting and racy- but this is only the first three pages. The rest of the book is crammed with the author's senseless philosophizing and even more senseless imagery. Perhaps an example would do: "The bookstore was dark and tightly coiled and cavernous, the inside of some paper animal's intestine, or maybe a particularly scholarly alien's spaceship" (p. 73). I need say no more.