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Awake by Harald Voetmann
2.0
challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

There is no plot, this is not so much a novel as a musing on/by Pliny the Elder and the Younger on the Elder’s work habits, goals, health, and death. Some people like fictional biography. I prefer actual biography with citations. Did P the E really work like this? I have no idea🤷‍♀️

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