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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

Michael Chabon

Start date: June 1, 2014

Finish date: June 30, 2014

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Mar 28, 2011 Tien marked it as lost-interest

Shelves: historical-fiction, pulitzer, kobo

shelving book for now as interrupted by morning sickness mid-way and will have to restart one day...

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May 27, 2009 Bucket rated it really liked it

Shelves: generational-epic, history, literary, love, 1001-read-all-editions, good-v-evil, identity, reviewed, post-modern-book-club-reads, religion

This is the first time in a while that I have enjoyed the shifting perspective in a book. The shifts felt seamless and I was never confused about whose perspective I was seeing. As well, the characters were all equally interesting. This book has a TON of characters and takes place in New York, Prague, and even Antarctica at times. It is massive and all-encompassing. Also, I found it very sad. Watching Sammy destroy his life was especially difficult - moreso than Joe doing the same, especially si ...more

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Feb 25, 2022 Catsalive rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: 2005

I sailed through the first half thinking 'what a great book' but then it just ground to a halt & I had to force my way through the rest. It had some very interesting moments, but a lot got lost in the convolutions of the prose. Maybe it's just that it was a "boys' own" adventure, but it left me cold.
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