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DNF @ 80% - I got tired of reading the same story over and over again, retold 10 times in this novel with different circumstances. Plus the same stereotype characters accompanied by boudoir philosophy. Really it is far away from what I consider a literary work.
I kept thinking I was reading a version of Voltaire's Candide with a much more angry tone, a lot less subtlety, and a bit more crass.
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Jan 04, 2013
Mirja
marked it as to-read
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Jan 28, 2016
Nadine in NY Jones
rated it
it was ok
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