 Donoghue wrote in The New York Times that he did not care much about what happened to Alice and her comrades . He felt that Lessing presents Alice as " an unquestioned rigmarole of reactions and prejudices " , which leaves no room for any further interest . Donoghue complained that Lessing has not made up her mind on whether her characters are " the salt of the earth or its scum " . In a review in the Chicago Tribune , Kuehn felt that the work has little impact and is not memorable . He said Lessing 's real interest is character development , but complained that the characters are " trivial or two @-@ dimensional or crippled by self @-@ delusions " . 
 Donoghue wrote in The New York Times that he did not care much about what happened to Alice and her comrades . He felt that Lessing <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>presents</mark></a> Alice as " an unquestioned rigmarole of reactions and prejudices " , which <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>leaves</mark></a> no room for any further interest . Donoghue complained that Lessing <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>has</mark></a> not made up her mind on whether her characters are " the salt of the earth or its scum " . In a review in the Chicago Tribune , Kuehn felt that the work <a href='got' title='4'><mark>has</mark></a> little impact and <a href='negative_concord' title='5'><mark>is</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='6'><mark>not</mark></a>memorable . He said Lessing <a href='null_genetive' title='7'><mark>'s</mark></a>real interest is character development , but complained that the characters are " trivial or two @-@ dimensional or crippled by self @-@ delusions " . 
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