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Spartacus by Howard Fast
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it was ok
Reading for the 2nd time. Most recently started July 29, 2022.

Absurdly awful. Bland prose and Marxist rhetoric combine to make an insipid story with two dimensional characters. Do yourself a favor and pass on this.
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Reading Progress

February 21, 2015 – Started Reading
February 21, 2015 – Shelved
February 22, 2015 –
page 160
42.55% "So far not very good. The characters are wooden, the plot is dull, and the history is entirely fictional. I had a lot of hope for this book and it has been a real let down so far."
February 25, 2015 –
page 300
79.79%
March 7, 2015 – Finished Reading
July 29, 2022 – Started Reading
July 29, 2022 – Started Reading (Kindle Edition)

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message 1: by David (new) - rated it 2 stars
Mar 07, 2015 10:40AM

David Williams Finally finished with this book. So painful. Marxists should stick to writing poorly written, factually inaccurate social science treatises that no one reads unless forced to by a college professor. They should never venture into fiction, or art, or music, or government. They always fail miserably.


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