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Learning to Lose by David Trueba

Learning to Lose

A Novel

by David Trueba

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  • Jun 2010, 608 pages
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Wendy_F

Disappointed
Very disappointing book. The plot sounded so good but it truly just plodded along. And extremely long!!
Karen T. (Auburn, MA)

Lacked a translation that gave the story justice
I had a lot of trouble getting through this selection. It had a lot of good potential for a great storyline, but the errors/lack of a strong translation took away from it. I don't like giving a poor review, but in this instance I just have no choice.
Lucy B. (Urbana, Ohio)

Losing
I had a difficult time with this book. It was not one that I started reading and couldn't lay down; I had a lot of starts and stops. Personally, I could not recommend this book to my reader's group. There are too many really interesting books out there to waste time on this one.
Jane R. (Plantation, FL)

Just could not get into it
I have picked this book up several times to read it and I have just not been able to get into it. I've read about 50 pages, which isn't much, but usually I should be engaged with the characters, plot or something by this point, but so far - nothing.
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