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I really tried to take this seriously, but as the infantile main character kept blundering through tragic situations rhapsodising about the beauty of snow, he started to resemble a Turkish counterpart to Forrest Gump more than a brilliant poet. The feeling grew with his deep insights like "Every life is like a snowflake..." One of the supposedly brilliant poems (which we don't get to see) is called "The Chocolate Box". Hmm...
The hapless main character would have been tolerable if the book had of ...more
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I like reading Pamuk's novels because they always require me to read slowly and pay attention. And Snow was not any different in that regard. I've only ever read his historical fiction novels, but this near-contemporary look at Turkey is really intriguing. I didn't solve the puzzle correctly (I never do) but it was well worth the read.
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it was amazing
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