[philippz]

I agree. But i think it was not meant to be read like a roman rather than a reference book. :) Which makes it hard to read it like roman - storyline missing.

[mkmk]

You might be interested to know that 'roman' is a False Friend (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_friend). You probably mean to use the word 'novel.'

[mason55]

> You might be interested to know that 'roman' is a False Friend

What is the source language?

[derefr]

I know it's in Japanese, and according to my EN-JP dictionary they got it from British English at some point. Maybe it's just archaic English rather than false English?

[sebiol]

German has that word.

[philippz]

I'm German.

[gukov]

Could be Russian.

[kennywinker]

french, maybe others

[greenyoda]

And English borrowed the term roman à clef from French:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_%C3%A0_clef

[the_watcher]

Thanks for pointing this out. The parent comment suddenly makes sense.

[philippz]

Ah dammn it.. you got me! :D

Thanks!