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Title: One of the three best books I've ever read.
Review: I re-read Barry Hughart's Bridge of Birds today. I had remembered it being good. I had not remembered it being one of the greatest fantasy novels I've ever read.I rarely laugh or cry when reading books. Most of them simply don't move me that strongly. As I re-read the book, I laughed aloud three times and I wept three times. Once, I laughed when the heroes flew in a bamboo dragonfly, and once, I wept during the tragic prayer for Ah Chen. The other four instances of laughter and tears I will leave as an exercise for the reader to find. It's cruel, I know, but then...I have a slight flaw in my character.
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