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Logan
Aug 19, 2013 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Feels a bit like a modern version of "Great Expectations" set in Brazil. The book held my interest just enough to not give up on it, but that's about it. I considered quitting and moving on from it multiple times, but Scudamore does have a knack for creating cliffhangers at the end of most chapters and he's good at using language to create some very evocative imagery. He also does do a good job creating an ambiguous narrator who I found my self at times (well most of the time) loathing and at ot ...more
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