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Sera
I found this book to be very strange. At the end of the book, there is an author's note, wherein Fowles describes what he was trying to accomplish when writing the novel. Instead of the note providing an illuminating experience, I found myself scratching my head even more, because I didn't really buy into Fowles attempt to get to B from A.

I found the first half of the book to be pretty interesting, but the second half - not so much. The book is a murder mystery and what happened in relation to t
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Julie Griffin
Oct 13, 2007 rated it it was ok
Johanne
Sep 14, 2008 rated it liked it
Tanya
Aug 07, 2013 marked it as to-read
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Amanda
Jul 11, 2015 added it
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Oblomov
Dec 16, 2015 rated it really liked it
Terri
Sep 12, 2017 marked it as boxall-s-1001
Seulky
Jan 11, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Phoebe
Mar 25, 2023 marked it as to-read
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