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Title: Just could not finish it....
Review: Maybe it was my mistake for buying a book outside of my normal interests. I usually do not enjoy fantasy and find that I become bored when reading it. For example, I have not even attempted the Harry Potter books because I feared I would not enjoy them.I picked up this book because of the wonderful reviews, the size (I LOVE long books), and the author's writing style.Susanna Clarke has a beautiful gift for writing. She is obviously very educated (a ton of research went into this book)and has wonderful descriptive abilities. She can also be quite humorous.Unfortunately, the book did not move quickly enough to maintain my interest. I kept putting it down and reaching for something else and kept forcing myself to go back to it. In the end I gave up.Again the author seems quite talented so it may just be that the subject matter was not a good match
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