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Very good.

Brilliant.

Not what I was looking for, and not impressed yet. Badly parsed prose; some of that might be translation, a lot of it is probably the style of the time and the breeding of the author. I think it's going to be a slog. I think this might be one book I don't finish. I think I'll have to look somewhere else for good writing on the Renaissance.

At best, this book is idealistic and sincere, but I think naive and simplistic are more accurate descriptors. I find the attempt to reconcile corporate capitalism and even the most basic Buddhist practice absurd.

I must be fairly depraved and corrupt, because I'm finding Thich's tone off-putting.

Incredible. Chabon's use of metaphor is impressive and irritating; at its best it brightens the narrative, at its worst it derails it.

Remarkable. Wowzers.

Just can't get into it.

Fascinating stuff, believe it or not.

The first page is blue. My version is abridged.

Helpful.

You can tell this book was written a while back: "I'd had a lot to drink. I drove it off."

Vandermeer just spent 10 pages describing an opera house. I continue reading out of stubbornness.

The characters are more interested in their story than I am, and the premise is absurd.

Meh.