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The Cave

José Saramago,

Margaret Jull Costa (Translator)

Start date: June 15, 2022

Finish date: July 1, 2022

Discussion: AW BOOK CLUB (spoilers)

Discussion leader: Gertie

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AW BOOK CLUB (spoilers)

* What is a good book for AW discussion? (Nominations pool)
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Apr 29, 2012 Owen rated it liked it

Overall I enjoyed the narrative, characters, and dialog. However I found the simplistic ending painful and just wrong. It felt as if the author was told to complete the book quickly and acted hastily by borrowing from an existing work, introducing silly metaphors to tie it together.

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