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Title: Anti-climactic and poorly printed
Review: I must confess that I read this book hoping for another Romance of the Three Kingdoms. While Outlaws of the Marsh starts strongly, following a number of interesting characters as they attempt to escape from misfortune, I lost interest about half way through. The last 20 or so chapters (excluding the final chapter) were very boring and difficult to read and nothing exciting really happens. By the end of the 2000 odd pages it is easy to forget that the first half was so exciting and fast-paced.As for the translation itself, it is not too bad. Some translations make the characters out to be villains whereas Shapiro's translation takes a more neutral approach. The printing is on very thin, delicate paper with lots of typing errors and as such is a bit disappointing. There are also some paintings reproduced in the text but these are of very low quality.
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