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Codex Author: About to depart on his first vacation in years, Edward Wozny, a hotshot young investment banker, is sent to help one of his firm's most important and mysterious clients. His task is to search their library stacks for a precious medieval codex, a treasure kept sealed away for many years and for many reasons. Enlisting the help of passionate medie... more »
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1 member(s) found this review helpful.
This left me with the feeling that I should have enjoyed it more than I did. For me, the author was not able to write a main character to whom I could relate. The needed intensity just isn't there and the ending is so badly botched, you will feel as if your brain was sacrificed to a kindergardner.
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Loved it, loved it, loved it. Lev Grossman has an identifiable style that I find very much to my liking. The story is one of the good ones that keep you reading long after you shouldn't.
Liked it a lot! Reminds me of The DaVinci Code.
Much better than the DaVinci Code - doesn't pretend to be nonfiction, either! ;-)
Genres:
- Literature & Fiction >> General >> Contemporary
- Literature & Fiction >> General >> Literary
- Mystery, Thriller & Suspense >> Thrillers >> General