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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Dead Certain. With 3 romances, a literary, and a contemp in the mix, the thriller wins by default.
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Normally I would have gone for the thriller too, but I'm not the biggest fan of thrillers and that one doesn't sound very appealing. So, I went with
The Great Passage instead, mainly because I'm interested in Japan in general. Not sure if/when I'll get around to reading it, as I'm not interested in literary fiction normally.
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Originally Posted by Catlady
I'd be tempted by The Great Passage if it weren't a translation--how can a book about linguistics not lose something?
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Depends entirely on how well the translator does their job, and how many things in the book aren't directly translatable. Reviews so far are good at 4.1 stars, albeit only nine of them.
Dead Certain is faring better at 4.3 stars, and thirty-three reviews. However,
The Great Passage's lowest review is 3 stars,
Dead Certain has some one and two star reviews.
