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Humor In Saving Rachel
"Saving Rachel, is the best book you read comedy, continuous tangles in the life of Rachel will make you enjoy funny situations in which Rachel will make us mourn with laughter.
It is the story of how Rachel prepares funny comic situations, makes fun of her friends at school, makes bullying her friends, runs naked on the beach, runs away without paying at restaurants and even makes a funny murder, you can not stop read.
Saving Rachel is a fast-moving thriller, technically complex and a star example of intricate plotting. The convoluted story often threatens to turn silly, but it is saved by a light touch and a snarky sense of humor.
Saving Rachel establishes early on that everyone is messing with everyone else’s heads. It is difficult, therefore,

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