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Rachel
Jun 29, 2014 rated it liked it
I didn't react as negatively to this book as some of my fellow book club members. I found the first half quite gripping although it is difficult (disturbing content). I thought the language of the book was beautiful in many ways and the translation is well done. this book is not for those faint of heart as there are a number of graphic parts that are hard to digest. I found the last 30% of the book to totally drag except for the last few pages. ...more
Yi-Sheng
Mar 18, 2007 rated it it was ok
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Mar 06, 2018 marked it as around-the-world
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Mary Anne
Nov 15, 2020 marked it as i-just-can-not-do-this-book  ·  review of another edition