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first third of this book was interesting, but then it got bogged down with the daily life of the main character and his financial debts, I found myself skimming it, then decided to abandon it just past the halfway mark, Perhaps the pace picks up later, but I'm not interested enough to stick around and find out, "I guess I'll read this one, It can't possibly be as good as his other two, It's about coffee. Who can write this much about coffee"

"Ugggggghhhh it's about stocks in coffee, It's not even about coffee coffee"

"It takes place in Amsterdam Weed, "

"So far this is better than I thought it would be, "

"This main character is kind of a douche, "

"So is everyone else in this book, "

"How the hell does one pronounce Oude Kerk Is Dutch hard Think I could learn it Do I want to learn it I heard the Netherlands is nice.
Should I move there Would I have to learn Dutch Is Dutch hard"

"Dude, this guy has gotten himself in some real trouble with money, I hope he gets out of it, "

"Dude, this guy is a tool, He keeps borrowing money he doesn't have, I hope he goes to jail, "

"Yikes, I'm glad my name isn't Gertruid, "

"I'm going to read this one until I'm done with it, I can't focus on any of the other books, "

"Dammit, boyfriend, leave me alone, I'm trying to read, "

"Wait, so is Gertruid betraying Miguel Is Alfonso Is Parido Is Miguel going to do it with his brother's wife or not Is that servant going to get bitchsmacked like she should So many questions I can hardly stand it.
. . "

"Well I sure hope this ass doesn't win in the end, he is NOT a good guy, But then again neither are these other people, I don't know who to root for, the good guy or the bad guy, But wait, who is the good guy Is there a good guy Is anyone truly good or bad Is Dutch hard"













This book is one of the best I have read, however I will say it fit my tastes as well if not better than any book I have picked up in a long, long time.

I enjoy the markets, love coffee, and these two interests played out very well in this story,

It's a historical look at the markets, and if you don't understand puts, calls, you may not enjoy as much, If you are a commodities trader I think you will be thrilled by this book,

However there is some anti semitic history in this book based on the period that it is set, If it would rub you the wrong way, I would say you need to stay away from it,

It seems like other readers of this book enjoyed the author's other book, The Conspiracy of Paper, more than this novel and for that reason I will go in search of that one.
This is a very strong book to read, By that, this book has depth, As a historical novel, you want some glimpse into the world as it was so that you leave with some factual understanding of that period admidst the fiction.
In Coffee Trader you learn a great deal about Amsterdam, the center of finance in the's,

You also learn of the flourishing jewish community free of the inquisition and how that atrocious institution changed the attitudes of the people it persecuted to a degree.
This is handled with

a deft hand so you are not preached at,

But, there is a but, as good as some reviewers have felt, Liss spends a great deal in the early part of this otherwise well crafted tale, hitting us with a great deal of tell instead of show.
Long paragraphs help set the piece, but leave no room to unfold the tale tale early on, It leaves me wanting to catch my breath, take a break,

Liss does a tremendous job describing a world and you feel that you are there, and understand it, and can grasp the complex nature of his characters quest for profit and success in trade.
He however needed to bring in something to break up that in the beginning,

Working around that, is a tale carefully plotted, that when all seems well, a disaster looms to cast all in doubt and leave the reader hungry for more of the tale at that precise moment.
A well done job, certainly worth the time and investment, Experiencing life in a different time period is always interesting, but I mostly wanted the story to move along more quickly, There were a lot of buildups, and then the story was over so fast it was as though the writers time ran out, It was abrupt to me, and that spoiled the book, This was an interesting thriller/historical fiction novel about Amsterdam's commodities exchange in the lates, The main character Miguel Lienzo took refuge in The Netherlands after living as a Secret Jew in Portugal where the force of the Inquisition had become too great a threat.
Although Miguel was initially successful in Amsterdams markets, the novel begins with him juggling debts to his selfrighteous brother as well as others in the community, Having lost his fortune in the sugar market, Miguel was eager to find a new commodity that would help him repay his debts and regain sufficient financial status to move out of his younger brothers cellar and find a wife.
Through surreptitious dealings with a cunning Dutchwoman, Miguel learned about coffee, a product still only used for medicinal purposes in most of Europe, They developed a plan to use her capital and his business savvy to create a monopoly on coffee in Europe, As Miguel navigates this risky venture, he must avoid the attention of his trading adversaries as well as the watchful eye of the Maamads spies who would have him excommunicated for doing business with gentiles.
I listend to the audio of this book in the early's before my Goodreads, com days, thus I didn't write my own review, I remember that it provided an interesting description ofth century Holland, One humorous detail I remember is that some women obtained possession of some coffee beans and weren't sure what to do with them, so they ate them,

The following short review is from thePageADay Book Lover's Calendar:

THE COFFEE TRADER, by David Liss Random House,, Miguel Lienzo is good at bluffing, He passed himself off as a Christian for years while he lived in Portugal, Now, in the safety of Amsterdam, the Jewish Lienzo uses his poker face to trade in commodities and to conceal from the synagogues ruling council that he is living in sin with his brothers wife.
Then a Dutch widow invites Lienzo to be her partner in a risky but potentially profitable business venture involving “coffee fruit,” a bean little known inthcentury Europe but about to become The Next Big Thing.
David Lisss plot is a complex web of business deals, personal betrayals, and close associates who harbor ulterior motives, review in english below

Há já algum tempo que tinha curiosidade em ler alguma coisa do David Liss e quando vi este livro na estante de uma amiga, não desperdicei a oportunidade.


Infelizmente, foi uma decepção, Li, algures, que a partir da páginaa história ganhava vida, mas comigo isso não aconteceu, Não gostei da escrita, nem dos personagens, nem da história quero lá saber se o Miguel consegue fazer fortuna com o café, ou se tem um romance com a cunhada!.
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Acho que estou a ficar mais exigente deve ser da idade, . . e sem paciência para perder preciosas horas a tentar interessarme por um livro que não me agarrou, sobretudo quando tenho dezenas de livros seguramente melhores que este à minha espera.


Assim, fico por aqui pág,, sem arrependimentos e entusiasmada por ir começar uma nova aventura literária,

I'd been curious to read something from David Liss for some time now, so when I spotted this book on a friend's bookcase, I took the opportunity.

Unfortunately, it was a letdown, I'd read somewhere that the story picked up after page, but it didn't happen for me,
I didn't like the writing, the characters or the story I couldn't care less if Miguel makes a fortune from coffee trading, or if he gets involved with his sisterinlaw.
. .
I think I'm turning more picky as I get older and I don't want to lose precious hours of my time trying to get interested in a book that didn't grab me, specially when I have dozens of books waiting for me, that are undoubtedly better that this one.

So, I'll leave it to that page, with no regrets and excited to begin a new literary adventure, .