That old cape magic

This book would have gotten another star from me if Russo had omitted that Marguerite element at the the end.

I feel a little odd giving something by a legendary guy like Russo 2 out of 5 stars, but...eh. It was either not as funny as it was trying to be (while telling a serious story), or it was a serious (somewhat tragic) book that accidentally elicited chuckles. Either way, not entirely successful. It felt like Richard Russo tried to write a Jonathan Tropper novel and didn't quite pull it off.

Well-written to be sure, and not a waste of reading time...but it wasn't what it could've been. Sorta like the marriages the book talked about that were crumbling in the light of the two nascent ones.