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Title: Engaging
Review: I was afraid that, at it's size, this book would be overly pedantic, but I was surprised to find that it was actually relatively engaging. This is a hard one to rate, really, because it doesn't fall into the star category very well. It IS engaging but the story sometimes seemed to take a while to get where it was going. I think I'd give it three and a half stars. The characters are well-developed and sympathetic, the story is interesting, honest, and believeable. I got a bit annoyed at the somtimes full-page footnotes, and the sometimes rambling plotline, but for the most part, I found the book entertaining and quite readable. Rarely does the story pick you up and carry you with it (I was usually not that upset if I got interrupted, and I didn't stay up til all hours reading as I have done with other books) but it is a good, well thought out, entertaining story.
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