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Astrid Lim
It took longer for me to finish this book. It started really ok, with the postmodern "reader as the main character" and some experiments of Calvino with some unfinished stories- kinda like stories inside story thing. Some of them are good, but the longer I read the book the harder it took for me to get immersed into the story. There are even some boring moments that made me stopped reading it for a while.

I still like the idea of this book- hence the 3 stars rating. But it's not as enjoyable as I
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Elizabeth
Jan 08, 2007 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction, italy
mstan
May 17, 2007 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: translation, european
Scott
Jul 04, 2007 added it
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Ali
Aug 18, 2007 marked it as to-read
Dianne
Dec 27, 2007 rated it liked it
Ching-In
Mar 14, 2008 is currently reading it
Cheryl Scaccio
Mar 25, 2012 marked it as to-read
hannah
Aug 26, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Jen
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Apeksha
Dec 12, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Sivan
Aug 08, 2013 marked it as to-read
Cinna
Nov 02, 2013 rated it really liked it
Seulky
Jun 24, 2015 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Amanda
Jul 12, 2015 added it
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Anie
Jun 13, 2016 marked it as to-read
Mihika
May 23, 2017 rated it it was amazing
Agatha Donkar Lund
Oct 12, 2017 rated it it was amazing
Annika
Mar 21, 2018 marked it as to-read
Colleen Chi-Girl
May 23, 2019 marked it as to-read
AGB
May 02, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Jillian
Aug 24, 2020 marked it as to-read
Steph S
Jan 17, 2021 marked it as to-read
superawesomekt
Feb 26, 2021 marked it as tbr-wccls
Lorri
Mar 04, 2023 marked it as to-read
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