Open letter to Niffenegger's Her Fearful Symmetry:
Why do I keep reading you? Your plot is not altogether captivating, your tone is inconsistent and only occasionally engaging; you have moments of poise and clarity and brilliance that I love, but not enough to really keep me intrigued--you make pop culture references that seem foreign and forced, and the result is awkward, like meeting your mom at a bar.
I guess I mostly keep reading because you are eerily applicable to my life every time I decide to pick you up and give you one more shot, 30 pages at a time.
Bizarre.
I recommend The Adventuress as a more engaging example of Niffenegger's opus, especially because it foregrounds her impressive illustration work.
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