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A review by alreadyemily
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
2.0
First off the Translator's Preface is a 5-star read. More fantastic and gripping than many works of fiction I have read, all about Cervantes' real life. Fascinating and the highlight of this year-long slog.
The book vacillated between very good and enjoyable in the beginning of the first book, to horribly slow and repetitive. The beginning of second book rallied a bit, but then slid again into drudgery (though less so than the first book) and then ended abruptly. I wanted to like this more but just couldn't.
Read the Translator's Preface and the first book until the Prefect shows up and then quit.
The book vacillated between very good and enjoyable in the beginning of the first book, to horribly slow and repetitive. The beginning of second book rallied a bit, but then slid again into drudgery (though less so than the first book) and then ended abruptly. I wanted to like this more but just couldn't.
Read the Translator's Preface and the first book until the Prefect shows up and then quit.