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Loading... The Coffee Trader: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)by David Liss
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. The most thorough and convincing fictional world in which I ever been immersed.  PeterBeyondBorders | Oct 29, 2009 |  This book was a disappointment. I didn't develop any liking for the main character, Miguel, and thought he was very whiny. The two main female characters, Hannah and Geertruid weren't very well-developed, and none of the minor characters was very like-able or memorable. I really had to force myself to finish the book. It dragged on for page after page and pretty much made me want to scream with boredom. I normally like historical novels, and usually like books set in this time period, but this was boring, boring, boring. The only thing in the book's favor is that it seems to have been well-researched, and some of the imagery of Amsterdam in this time-period was good. Not great, just good. 2 1/2 stars. (  ) janoorani24 | Sep 2, 2009 | I did not like this book as much as I thought. Although I liked the setting very much (Portuguese Jews in the heart of commerce in Amsterdam in the 17th century), I just didn't really get into the book. This was probably because I didn't really care what would happen to any of the characters. All of them seemed petty, deceitful, incomprehensible or just not very likeable. (  ) yhoitink | Jul 1, 2009 | The story of a 17th century Jewish commodities trader is rich in its history. Each character details a different part of the time and different version of truth. If you don't already love coffee, it will open your world to its birth. The story peaks too near the end for my taste, causing the resolves to feel hurried, but all in all it was an entertaining story. I would read more by the author. (  ) Sovranty | Jun 14, 2009 | This book made me fall in love with coffee all over again. It is David Liss's first book and I would say that best so far. lesserbrain | May 29, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
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