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Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Start date: April 1, 2021

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Dec 10, 2012 Katie rated it really liked it

Shelves: spain

Tremendously important. I slammed all the way through it at the end of the year, hoping against hope to get a couple more books in before the end of the year so I could meet my book challenge for 2012. I think it's best read in serials, because doing what I did, reading at multitudinous consecutive lunches and plane rides, makes the text repetitive and the admittedly delightful adventures a bit less delightful. Find a time to read it, and then read it slowly. It is of course considered a classic ...more

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Jul 27, 2011 Cee rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical

Don Quixote is one of the hardest books for me to review in a very long time. On one hand, I do feel as if this is one of the best novels ever written. On the other hand, it feels as if that's too big a praise. Which is it? Love or hate? Do I love to hate it, or hate to love it? Maybe it's because I read this 800-page giant (it has very tiny letters) and it caused me to feel so many things, that in the end I'm so conflicted that I can't find one feeling to describe all of Don Quixote.

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Dec 23, 2016 Emma Stark rated it it was amazing

This book is just....wow...amazing! It breaks the fourth wall before the fourth wall even existed! It was really funny, making me laugh at several points, and also very thought provoking as it caused me to think quite intensively about the nature of reality and truth. It is beautifully written, even in translation and it was emotionally moving, especially at the end. I don't usually cry when I'm reading, but I cried at the end of this book. I also could sense the subversive nature of this book. ...more

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