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Greg
is on page 672 of 864
I'm 3/4ths of the way through and it feels like Uri's road trip/quest is superfluous to history happening all around him. The last couple hundred pages or so feel like a history text book, albeit an interesting one, but one in which Uri is just a side character. It's almost like Spiro wrote a history book and an editor told him he needed to insert a character and a narrative. Perhaps this is a translation issue.
— Nov 18, 2015 03:36AM
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Greg
is on page 785 of 864
Uri's heroism is of a different sort than what we are used to: he is smart and he knows exactly when to lay low and watch, when to speak up, when to walk away. He has spent his childhood buried in books/scrolls, then continues his education daily by listening, observing. At this point in history, the name of the game is simply surviving. As he ages, he becomes less attractive physically, but beauty can be deadly.
— Nov 19, 2015 02:47AM
Greg
is on page 436 of 864
Stunning. Brilliant. Imagine: an 864-page page-turner! Not a lot of those around!
— Nov 16, 2015 03:29PM
Greg
is on page 84 of 864
Picked this up to read a few pages as I was curious and suddenly was on page 40 or so, standing in an aisle at the library. Natch, brought it home! What a stunning, thought-provoking opening!
— Nov 14, 2015 09:08AM
