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Baltasar & Blimunda by José Saramago
3.0

Nah babes, not for me. It was utterly boring, even though it has magic in it.

The one thing that pushed it to 3 stars was the writing style, which is the most fascinating type of writing I have encountered. It's basically a one-line paragraph with no pause for dialogue, it's just written in, no quotations, no nothing, and yet, you know exactly who is saying what. Fascinating.

Also, the author has an amazing sense of irony, and it transpires excellently.