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Title: Too, too bizarre
Review: Several reviewers have labelled this book "wierd", and it is. I'd go so far as to call it bizarre. Not to mention surreal, or perhaps simply unreal. The circumstances surrounding Bonne are unusual enough, without the addition of the way she maintains her status as a wetnurse between jobs (other adult characters drink her milk straight from its source), the people she considers her friends (a dwarf pretending to be a child, a self-flagellator pretending to be her uncle, to name just two.) All of this strangeness is distracting. Medieval history, religion, and fiction have always fascinated me, but there are so many other novels that present the era so much better. Not necessarily nicer, just better. Mirabilis is often repulsive and generally depressing, so if you decide to give it a try, don't do it if you're in a down sort of mood!
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