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Book Review of Palimpsest

Palimpsest
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Can't tell you how many times I almost stopped reading it. I just did not like it. Far too many sexual encounters. It seemed like there one one or more in every other chapter, many of which were only 3-6 pages in length. Beyond that I just didn't get what the author was trying to do with this book. Imagine a city of fantasy and the only way you can get to it is to have sex with another person who has a map of the city on their body. If you don't have the map you will have it after you have sex with someone who does. Strange things happen in this city - violent, extremely strange and good. My advice is don't bother. Since it was a library book and I read it for a reading challenge I thought it might get better as the story progressed. For me, it never did.