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I fully supported the first half of Pure as the Engineer relocated to Paris to demolish an old cemetery, met the locals, contemplated intellectualism. But the second half for me just lost the plot. I think there a metaphor in there somewhere? Perhaps about...the development of society? the advancement of the middle class? the smoothing over of the past and other general social badness? Um...I don't know, because I found myself ceasing to listen and then tuning in to find more icky things happeni
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3.5 rounded up. There's very little plot, but it's a pretty good read. I started to flag a bit towards the end, but the writing is excellent, hence the round up.
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Jul 05, 2012
Vesra (When She Reads)
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Aug 27, 2012
Sam
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Oct 25, 2012
Ginger
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Erica
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MichelleCH
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Feb 16, 2013
Coqueline
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Dec 18, 2014
Amy W
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Feb 05, 2019
Chantal
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Phoebe
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