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Mar 15, 2018lindab1111 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Does fate rule our lives? Or do we create our own fate? This seems to be the central theme of this book. I won't hash over the storyline here since its already been done in other reviews. I loved the story of Simon and felt that his story was given the most structure. The others seemed to fall off little by little until Varya. Her storyline was spare and the torture (uhh...study) of the monkeys was just awful. Then she has an unresolved storyline with a son she gave up many years ago? What? I also wish the mother wasn't reduced to a Jewish stereotype. Loved the 1st half so for that it gets 5 stars. The second half gets 2 1/2 stars.