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(4.5) I don't use the term page-turner often, but I think it's apt here
Gripping. I had trouble putting it aside, and really only did so when I couldn't stay awake any longer (it's been a very long week at work...). I recommend you pick a time to read this when you have hours on end to devote and will be able to find the time to finish it off without the rest of your life catching up with you. Mary-Beth agrees: she said she played hooky from work (in a lab, so it's doable) for half a day to finis ...more
Gripping. I had trouble putting it aside, and really only did so when I couldn't stay awake any longer (it's been a very long week at work...). I recommend you pick a time to read this when you have hours on end to devote and will be able to find the time to finish it off without the rest of your life catching up with you. Mary-Beth agrees: she said she played hooky from work (in a lab, so it's doable) for half a day to finis ...more
The opening of the book hooked me, had me clamoring to inhale it. The descriptions, the richness of the setting, and the curiosity of our narrator made for a gripping beginning. Eventually I started to get bogged down in those details, in the alleys and shops of a city I have never seen. The characters and intrigue multiplied, and I got lost among them. By the (long awaited) denouement, I was invested again, and ate up the ending. It was worth the near-slog through the middle.
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I was told this book would make me want to go to Barcelona, but I already wanted to go to Barcelona. Now I want to visit the Cemetary of Lost Books.
Oct 30, 2009
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I got a hundred pages in and realized I wasn't enjoying it at all, so I'm done. No rating, just to be fair.
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Nicole
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Jeff James
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it was amazing
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