I hear this complaint a lot, and it's just been repeated on Salon.com.
Is it true?
I guess it depends on what you're reading. I just finished Laura Kasischke's poetic, engrossing novel The Raising, set on an elite college campus. Her characters are vivid, her style poetic, her plotting skills extraordinary. I didn't want the book to end, and it's over 450 pages long.
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