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Title: Sadly, I couldn't finish it
Review: I started this book with high hopes, since a friend loaned it to me and recommended it highly. However, I had to force myself to keep picking it up. The historical information is overwhelming, the characters are not anyone you care about, the underwater city, the monks, the pope's wish to be associated with a grey beast instead of a lion, etc. etc. is just too overwritten. Finally, I put it down never to pick up again... this is probably only the third book I have ever done this with!
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