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Title: I really tried to like it
Review: I usually read books in 2-5 days, it took me approximately 3 months to read this book. I liked the concept of the book and the historical information was very interesting. However, I did not like a single character in this book. The characters were way too sentimental and two-dimensional. Maybe its just me, but I would not risk my life and freedom to search for a missing doctorate advisor nor would any of my fellow graduate students. The author does not establish the relationship between student and the mentor rather we are told that he feels strongly about his mentor (told again and again) without telling us why. I know this seems like a weird thing to focus on but the whole plot is driven by the student's search for his mentor. I would have loved to read more about Constantinople and Eastern Europe during the Ottoman reign but instead I got pages and pages of corny characters reflecting about their feelings.
