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This is a book that people seem to either love or hate. I loved the beginning - it was the first time in a long time I have desecrated a book with a highlighter pen, because I wanted to be able to go back to certain epigrams: e.g. the difference between men's attitude to sex and women's: "Wasn't it the difference between visiting and having visitors: if you had to, you could visit everyone, but you didn't allow everyone into your home."
Unfortunately it drifts off in the last part to something th ...more
Unfortunately it drifts off in the last part to something th ...more
Oct 17, 2021
George P.
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really liked it
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Mulisch created some excellent, credible characters in a long novel with, for the most part, an entertaining story. Most of the story takes place in Holland, a couple sections in other countries. It has supernatural elements, but only sparingly used, which is a good thing in my opinion. The characters and the third-person narrator talk of, and think about, the characteristics of people and their history in mostly engaging ways. If it were about half as long I might rate it five stars out of five
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Judith
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Andre Mitchell
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Diane
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