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I couldn't finish this book. It was a great story but I hated the way it was told. For one thing, I have a personal aversion to books written in the present tense. Considering that the action in this book takes place so long ago, the present tense seemed particularly jarring. Plus, the sort of impressionistic writing left me cold.
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