Divided Kingdom: Sei collerico, malinconico, flemmatico o sanguigno?
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788876380044 (8876380043)
Publish date: July 5th 2005
Publisher: Isbn Edizioni
Pages no: 352
Edition language: Italian
bookshelves: one-penny-wonder, paper-read, tbr-busting-2012, autumn-2012, dystopian, sci-fi, published-2005 Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Vivienne Read from September 05 to October 16, 2012 Dedication: To darling Eva, with a love that knows no boundaries.Opening quote: It was as if a curtain had ...
I'm clearly in a bad mood this week for rating books - consider this 2.5 rather than 2.This is another book which had some really solid ideas behind it but which didn't quite have enough of a story to go with. The realisation of the Divided Kingdom was fabulous and I really liked the writing, but it...
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Dedication: To darling Eva, with a love that knows no boundaries.Opening quote: It was as if a curtain had fallen,hiding everything I had ever known.Jean RhysOpening: There were men in my room, and it was bright, too bright, and I was being lifted out of my bed. I didn't struggle or cry out, I didn'...
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