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I've done the same as you with a book with too many characters right at the beginning - usually listening, but sometimes reading one too. And a big pet peeve on top of that is characters (2 or even 3) with VERY similar names. Like, what is the reason for that?? I finally quit reading an author because she did it in multiple books.

But.... if I have a book that I HAVE to review that begins with a lot of characters, I WILL go back, with a pencil and pad and identify them. Then for at least 1/3 of the book I will keep that list nearby. Usually after that I can identify them.

Right now I'm trying to read a mystery from every country I visited on our vacation - 11 of them. I've finished about 6 so far.

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