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TO LOOK AND PASS

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To Look and Pass is one of Taylor Caldwell's best works. The story revolves around a group of young people at the turn of the century whose lives stay entwined even as they grow older. It is about forgiveness and expectations and the protection of innocence in the face of despair and evil. It is about relationships and how we would like them to be, not the way they really are. Sometimes the appearance of something is more important than the reality of it and the inability to recognize the difference can be dangerous. The setting is the tranquil Midwest with its predictable conventions which make the darker aspects of the story even more disturbing by contrast. In this story love is a twisted thing that serves to protect illusions but ultimately destroys everything that it touches. It is raw in its honest look at people with hidden motives who choose to hide from the truth. I have read this book several times over twenty years and it never fails to amaze me with its honesty and power.

I was captivated by "Ceremony of the Innocent" and have loved other books by Taylor Caldwell, but "To Look and Pass" was depressing, dull, slow, and pointless. Don't spend your time or your money.