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I'm rounding up a bit -- but not much, as it is indeed "amazing" that a book could include so many grim, even horrendous, details of the siege of Leningrad and still hold me until its conclusion. Despite those highly realistic details, the book is not ultimately depressing. It is, rather, a quiet celebration of the essential humanity of its characters. I speak not only of the primary and sympathetic characters, but of the monstrous as well. Benioff can show evil without taking the easy route of
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Dec 28, 2014
Kayse
marked it as to-read
