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A cop out.
So the book's two main characters, Alice and Eileen, are best of friends but live in different Irish locations. Both involved with men, Felix and Simon, who they wonder are worthy of a long-term commitment. The book contains e mail exchanges between them and in addition, the author's narrative of events including blow by blow description of the sex between Alice and Felix and Eileen and Simon. Towards the end of the book, all four get together at Alice's house and is reminiscent of Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolff when Burton and Taylor went at each other.
So far so good. I was eagerly awaiting the last chapters to find out the eventual outcome of both relationships. What we got In two short chapters, are the women's e mail to each other TWELVE MONTHS LATER to say all is honky dory. What a cop out!. All the bitching and moaning , all the pretentious dialogue about the world they live in, all the drama at Alice's house and poof , in twelve months , all is well without explanations. What a waste
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