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Codex
Codex
Author: Lev Grossman
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 »
ISBN-13: 9780156028592
ISBN-10: 015602859X
Publication Date: 5/2/2005
Pages: 368
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3.2 stars, based on 62 ratings
Publisher: Harvest Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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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.
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Liked it a lot! Reminds me of The DaVinci Code.
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Much better than the DaVinci Code - doesn't pretend to be nonfiction, either! ;-)


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