<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	<review id="22377559">
    <user id="90930">
    <name><![CDATA[Yoon]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Pasadena, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/90930-yoon]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">169762</id>
  <isbn>0763624020</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780763624026</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">2227</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">660</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Party</title>
  <average_rating></average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172369018m/169762.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/169762.The_Astonishing_Life_of_Octavian_Nothing_Traitor_to_the_Nation_Vol_1_The_Pox_Party</link>
<author>
  <id type="integer">31688</id>
  <name>M.T. Anderson</name>
  <ratings_count type="integer">8499</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2223</text_reviews_count>
</author>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Mely]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri May 16 11:02:03 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 16 11:07:02 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Harrowing, intense, and frequently fury-inducing account of the Revolutionary War and its leadup through the viewpoint of Octavian, a black slave who is the subject of a thoroughgoing experiment with a terrible purpose.  The archaic language is less of a barrier than I had thought it would be, and indeed, many passages are beautiful, elegant, or both, although this does not dim the book's essential ferocity of purpose.  I confess my interest flagged slightly in the last quarter of the text, but revived for the denouement.  Given how painful the experience of reading this was, however, I am not convinced I will read the sequel(s); it was simply too depressing, for all its brilliance.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22377559]]></url>
</review>

</GoodreadsResponse>