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29 reviews

The World and All That It Holds by Aleksandar Hemon

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2.0

war novel incurious about war, lacking agency, politically tepid, doesn't understand the genre it tries to criticize so ends up perpetuating its issues. the first movement was pretty solid which makes my dislike of the rest of it pretty disappointing 
Swim Home to the Vanished by Brendan Shay Basham

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 41%.
writing flaws: pacing, characterization... also scene building... and prose structure. some rich imagery that gets dropped as soon as it starts getting good 
Midnight in the Century by Victor Serge

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 11%.
overdue at library will try again later