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Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 13 years ago
doesn't look like one for me to pour my heart out over...
Sesana
Sesana rated it 13 years ago
What a bizarre book. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about it, but I didn't hate it. The title character is a generically Arabian sultan who enters into a deal with a djinn that ends as well as one might expect. Which is to say, not at all. Vathek's descent is told in loosely connected episodes, wi...
heidenkind
heidenkind rated it 13 years ago
I'm not entirely sure why this book is called gothic. I'm just glad it's over.Read the review on Truth Beauty Freedom and Books>>>
JulieM
JulieM rated it 16 years ago
After reading this book, I have to question why it was selected as one of the 1001 books to read before you die. I read this in online installments - maybe it would have been better in audio or paper... I could see how the whole plot was farcical, but unlike other books of that genre like Candide,...
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