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Jun 01, 2010
Elizabeth
rated it
it was ok
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I'm utterly stymied by this book. I've had it on my to-be-read shelf forever and I'm glad I've finally read it. But what I feel about it is mostly confused.
I wonder how much of what I don't understand about this book is due to cultural differences between myself and the Japanese author and/or was lost in translation to English language. It's possible that none of that is to blame and the weirdness and my lack of understanding is all right there intended by the author. This book is what they cal ...more
I wonder how much of what I don't understand about this book is due to cultural differences between myself and the Japanese author and/or was lost in translation to English language. It's possible that none of that is to blame and the weirdness and my lack of understanding is all right there intended by the author. This book is what they cal ...more

This is another book I would like to give 3 1/2 stars, 3 just doesn't seem to be enough and 4 is too much. This book deserves some serious time to put the thought necessary to get everything the author wants the reader to get out of it. Its perfect for a college lit class.
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Jul 23, 2008
Jim
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Jan 20, 2009
Kathryn Parmeter
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Sep 19, 2010
Kat (A Journey In Reading)
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Feb 02, 2011
Caladrius
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Jan 17, 2013
Dana Arbelaez
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Apr 26, 2013
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Jan 03, 2014
LadyDawn
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Jun 19, 2014
Kai Coates
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Jan 26, 2015
Laurel Bradshaw
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Sep 05, 2017
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