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Title: Couldn't get into it.
Review: A very slow-moving, frustrating reading experience. I couldn't get into it and didn't finish it. Ended by skipping around, trying to get re-interested. What some people mean by "poetic" is what others would call aimless, a device to avoid actually having to interpret anything. Instead, the author gives snapshot histories. Some people call that "postmodern" instead of lazy or not very well done. Not my taste, although apparently others liked it well enough.
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