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I would never have made it through this book in print. It's too plodding; too layered; too long. The structure of the book distances the reader from the action. But John Lee nailed it in the audio version. The book translates surprisingly well to audio format because the story is relayed by a narrator. A sometimes whiny, sometimes arrogant, sometimes insecure narrator. Telling the story of a poet who is much like himself, with whom the narrator has developed some fascination and desire to uncove
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The simplest reading of Snow is that it's a political thriller, but it's so expansive in its scope and so thought-provoking that I barely even noticed. Good thing - I'm not into political thrillers. Sometimes humorous, more often full of tension, but most often quiet, calm and cold, like the endless blanket of snow that falls throughout the novel.
The characters are all a bit of a mystery, and purposefully so. We don't see inside their shells, and everyone is hiding something. They are each snowf ...more
The characters are all a bit of a mystery, and purposefully so. We don't see inside their shells, and everyone is hiding something. They are each snowf ...more
Still processing...a bit disappointed, I think.
May 21, 2010
Jennifer N.
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