What a wonderful surprise it had been to find this! I originally planned to save reading for the weekend but then I couldn't stop and devoured it all in one sitting
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Stunning. The quiet subtlety of your writing, the richness of the historical detail, makes those flashes of anger, passion and tenderness stand out in such sharp relief. Really, truly stunning. You've etched Cicero and his world in such fine detail--the topics that cross his mind, his ability to lose himself in the quotidian (I don't think I've used that word before--Cicero, I blame you), his desperate need to be remembered well. All three of the principal characters are so complex in their pettiness, in their cowardice, in their love and hope and desire for friendship
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I wish I could give you paragraphs upon paragraphs of how much I adore this, but all I can find myself saying is:
"Poor Cassius. Forever in the friendzone."
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