This book was a struggle to get through. I\u2019ve found that I don\u2019t like books that use absurdity or outrageous characters\/behavior to hold your attention – and unfortunately there was a lot of that in this book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I liked the idea of it at first, kind of a whodunnit in the forests of Poland with a group of translators struggling to figure things out. But it gets weird quickly, and it is full of people doing silly things which I guess was an effort to entertain the reader. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This was a long book, and towards the middle of it I started questioning if it was worth going on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After finishing the book I can say now that it wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Live and learn, I guess. Next I am reading Big Fish by Daniel Wallace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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