A review by cindyjac
The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann

2.0

This book, qualifying for the 2017 Reading Challenge category of a book that's been mentioned in another book, was like finishing a marathon. And I don't mean that in a positive context. The language is beautiful, the characters are complex, but the story....700 pages of life in a sanatorium viewed through the eyes of young Hans Castorp with his "wet spot" that keeps him there for 7 years.