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Title: very disappointing
Review: Especially if you were hoping, like I was, for the same quality of character development and plot whimsy as Kavalier and Clay. Judging by the other reviews, I guess one either likes this book a lot, or not very much at all.These would be great characters if they had a chance to develop. Instead, they show up out of nowhere, even Holmes, and act out of motivations that are more redolent of pop psychology than anything else. Perhaps it is better as a screenplay than a book.The story has such a great historical and literary backdrop and I was very hopeful in the first few pages. However, it was a book I finished only out of grim determination than any deep interest in the plot or characters.
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