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I won't beat around the bush, this book sucked.

At its core, this book had so much potential. The Adriatic is such a fascinating and forgotten region, and there's so much rich history to tell. And what we got here was...I'm not really sure what it was. I think the author is guilty of trying to do much; it was part philosophy, part musing, part bibliography and book review, and part travel guide. And it didn't do any of these things particularly well (yes, let's hear another 5 pages about some obscure poet whose work is only tangentially connected to the place you are talking about). Unfortunately, it was also not written in a readable, approachable way, which sunk it even more.