The whole time I was reading this, I kept thinking of other writers who could have made this an interesting story. The events, what few there are, unfold in an uninspired way, the character development is non-existent. I stayed with it to the end, thinking the writer had some intention of turning the tables on us or making the story suddenly reverberate with new meaning -- no such luck. It was what it was -- repetitive and dull. The idea, however -- a man who nurses a lost love his entire life only to discover that his loyalty to the dead one has been based on a big lie -- it could have been worth reading. Pity that it wasn't.