21.   Rather, the reader is left with a thick description from which any number of interpretations might be drawn.

22.   Some abrupt changes of place and time can leave the reader baffled, if he or she fights the flow.

23.   Such a technique is occasionally frustrating, and leaves the reader stranded in a sea of seeming non sequiturs.

24.   Still, the bulk of the material in this book leaves the reader with the sense that the causes are deep and difficult to overcome.

25.   The book jacket alone, which Korzhakov proudly held up at his news conference, leaves the reader no doubt about how the author sees his subject.

26.   The positive ending leaves readers with hope.

27.   These letters leave the reader with feelings of warmth and friendship and are certainly a means of keeping long distance friendships alive and flourishing.

28.   This does create a certain mood, but it leaves the reader longing for the particulars.

29.   Whether it is real or hallucinated is not clear, nor is it particularly important except that it leaves the reader a little off balance, a little exposed.

30.   White is a very good writer but he meditates too often in the realm of the vaguely poetic, leaving the reader puzzled sometimes about his purpose.