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I love this book, have read it before. I DNFd because I just could NOT get on board with the narrator, I don't know why. They just weren't who I wanted for Desiderio; perhaps if I had never read this before then maybe I would have been able to enjoy it

jonahtriestoread's review against another edition

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3.0

The infernal r

brigsssss's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious slow-paced

3.75

I bought a second hand copy of this that had clearly been owned by someone who’d studied it at uni… which was convenient because in the part about the Count they wrote “personification of po-mo”. And i’m glad they did because that made me realise that this book is basically Post-structuralism: the novel, which helped me to make a lot more sense of it. Having said that, i’m not convinced Post-structuralism: the novel is necessarily a good concept for a novel… I think i’d probably get into this if i studied it at uni, but as a bedtime read it’s maybe less the vibe.

porky's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

hiccyup's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

emi_sinclair's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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