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This was my 2nd Orhan Pamuk novel (Red being the 1st) and it was overall rather disappointing. It blathered on for too long on too limited a subject (obsession bordering on mental instability); it could have been more than half the length. I have hopes for enjoying another of Pamuk's novels that have been so highly acclaimed.
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Nov 10, 2009
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I would have given it one more star if not for the ending (not the last page but the way the main thread unravelled).

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