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Review title: Awkward prose, flat story, poor translation
Product review: Although the story started and finished brightly it was a laborious read. I'm a big fan of historical fiction and this appeared promising. However, about a third of the way into the book I found the plot grew cold, the characters grew flat, and my overall enjoyment plummeted.The writing style was awkward and clumsy; I trust the story reads better in its native language than English. This story is intended to be a fun read but it needs a lot of editing and refactoring.If the middle 50% could be edited out of this book, I could, despite the translation, give this a 3 stars. As it is, I find the two stars overly generous.
