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Some people have shelved this as fantasy. That's a real stretch to me. It's more fantasy than western, but I'd just call it literary fiction.
The characters were complex and interesting. There are elements of unreliable narration and (new to me) unreliable footnoting by another character. It all leaves me unsure which parts of the tale are honest and which parts are total fabrication. Within the context of the story, the idea that there was a turtle you could eat to become kind of immortal seems ...more
The characters were complex and interesting. There are elements of unreliable narration and (new to me) unreliable footnoting by another character. It all leaves me unsure which parts of the tale are honest and which parts are total fabrication. Within the context of the story, the idea that there was a turtle you could eat to become kind of immortal seems ...more
I originally read this in 2014 and gave it 4 stars. I reread it in 2022 and gave it 3 stars because I just really didn’t enjoy it that much BUT. I can’t stop thinking about it and how it really was a brilliant book and I’ve upped it to 5 stars. This book is the perfect example of how ratings frustrate me!
This disturbing novel captured the narrator's precise (if occasionally unreliable) descriptions and scientific methods to the point of tedium. Should have been much shorter. (Boosting the listening speed to 1.25 helped tremendously.)
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3.5 stars.
Jun 28, 2014
John
marked it as to-read
Jun 27, 2016
Navi
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Jul 12, 2016
Viv JM
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Apr 14, 2018
Aqsa
marked it as tbr-soon
Apr 06, 2019
Carrie
marked it as to-read
Sep 14, 2021
Shane
marked it as to-read
