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I finished this book yesterday. I did enjoy it, but I didn't get a "wow" feeling about it. I was lost as to what the author was trying to achieve with the novel to be honest.
But there were quite a few things I enjoyed.
I liked the interplay of some famous people and events of that era with a storyline involving a particular "Family".
I liked the eventual weaving of Tateh's storyline with that of the "Family".
There was at least one crude, but very funny moment in the first half of the novel that almost had me laughing out loud.
I liked the writing - not too dense, not overly simplistic. It was a nice read.
I'm not sure what I'm supposed to make of the work itself - what its aims were. I didn't get a feeling that it sat in any Top 100 list, but I might have missed the point.
If it was all about the cleverness of involving so many events and famous characters into a plot, then I concur - it was a clever display. And it was entertaining.
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