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When a book is so good that you need to read it slowly

Oh, for f*ck’s sake

WTF

French’s writing is hypnotic, dialogues sound so natural I can hear the Irish accent in my head. Disclosure: I’m the same age as Frank Mackey, listened to the same music and, in a country so close and yet so different that it all eerily feels like a parallel universe. And I likely entertained the very same dreams.

This one just hit ***** for me :)

Baudolino racconta a come sia stato protagonista di quasi un secolo di storia, influenzando le sorti politiche dell'impero, la poesia provenzale, i Carmina Burana. Ma Baudolino è ipse dixit uno spudorato mentitore. Senza prendersi troppo sul serio, tesse il fil rouge attraverso il XII secolo, narrato in volgare da un novello Epimenide di Creta. Il romanzo più divertente di Eco.

The first storyline is well written, has stunning art, and yet it feels like pretentious crap. Luckily still 400 pages to go.

I hate it and I can't put it down :)

This is the most boring book I read all year. Possibly in years. Why is this a classic? Perhaps a classic of the pointlessly whimsical and futile...

What is wrong with the dialogs? Why does everyone speak like a soviet textbooks?