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Book Review of The Elegance of the Hedgehog

The Elegance of the Hedgehog
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Helpful Score: 2


The juice wasn't worth the squeze. I plowed through this book because of the glowing reviews, but the series of 'eloquent little essays' quickly turned into a boring exercise into looking over the shoulders of two who had not that much to 'essay'. Mr. Ozu's arrival adds dimension to these two characters, and some traction to the story, but for me, his mid-book arrival is entirely too late to have saved the reading experience.