I cannot understand the extreme loyalty of readers of this mediocre book
I don't get it. Other reviewers who dared not love this book have been bombarded with outrageous haters. I could not get into this book at all. For one thing, the bold script notes were distracting. The German phrases in several instances were not really translated colloquially. I realize that they may have meant about the same thing, but I found it distracting. Basically, I just did not love this book. I just don't think the author is as clever as he believes himself to be. If anyone cares to berate my ignorance, be forewarned that I will not care one little bit. I will still have hated this book.