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Gaijinmama
Sep 11, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction, classics
I'll probably revise this later but for now, I will just say that the back cover of my edition of this book calls it "The Strangest Love Story Ever Told" and I have to concur. It is weird, creepy and frankly, not really a love story. It is more of a ghost story, or a tale of revenge and how it can destroy a person's soul. Be prepared to find every single character unlikeable and/ or sad and pathetic. In the early 19th-century words such as alcoholism, child abuse, co-dependence or post traumatic ...more
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Karen
Aug 16, 2019 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: travel-the-world, 1001
2.5 stars really. I struggled to finish this one. I didn't like the characters and I found myself frustrated with their choices. Having said that, the writing was fine, hence the 3 stars.

I read this again, still 2.5 stars. ...more
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Heidi Siefkas
Dec 15, 2009 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Could a book with such emotion of hatred, love, aguish come from all a creative author or is there some truth to this author's story?
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Lara
Mar 31, 2008 rated it it was ok
Jacquie
Apr 27, 2008 rated it liked it
Kaley
May 18, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Elyse
Jun 04, 2008 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Patricia
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Kathy Jo
Aug 24, 2009 rated it really liked it
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Sep 19, 2010 rated it liked it
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Feb 25, 2011 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Amy 💖
Oct 21, 2011 marked it as to-read
Shelves: classics
Ginger
Mar 16, 2012 rated it really liked it
Nancy
Aug 18, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: victorian, 2017-read, audiobooks-2017
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Dec 27, 2012 marked it as to-read
Kristen
Jun 30, 2013 rated it really liked it
Shelves: book-club, classics, have
Phoebe
Aug 13, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Kara
Aug 21, 2014 marked it as to-read
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Jen
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Elizabeth
Apr 11, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Maureen O'brien
Jun 29, 2016 rated it liked it
Sadok Rouai
Jan 20, 2017 marked it as to-read
Shelves: bethesda-md
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Apr 04, 2018 marked it as to-read
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Diane
Jan 31, 2020 rated it really liked it
Shelves: era-1800s, classics, pop-sugar-challenge-2020
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