Mooney and Kirshenbaum are still crying over the bad reviews their book received. Move on, Chris and Sheril. Obsessing over your reviews and hashing over them endlessly is yet another sign that the book isn't very good. Let it stand on its own (that is, shakily, ready to topple at a sneeze) and write another, better book.
If they can, that is.
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