Historical Literary Fiction

Book Review: The Order of the Furies: 1795 by Niklas Natt och Dag

The plot, while historically interesting, goes on irrelevant side stories. The ending is just OK, very strange, and, I thought,…

4 months ago

Book Review: This Country Is No Longer Yours by Avik Jain Chatlani

I hated the author’s passive-aggressive agenda. It just rubbed me the wrong way and seemed hell-bent on incorporating it into…

5 months ago

Book Review: 1794: The City Between the Bridges by Niklas Natt och Dag

1794: The City Between the Bridges is a dark, brutal story is unrelenting, but difficult to stop reading which is…

8 months ago

Book Review: The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks

I thought the novelization of movie-making made the process a lot more interesting, capturing the energy, excitement, and mechanics

9 months ago

Book Review: Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende

I found the book quite boring in the beginning, but the story got better when the narrative was moved from…

9 months ago

Book Review: The Road Beyond Ruin by Gemma Liviero

This is a story with many layers, brutal and naked, which had several twists I did not see coming. There…

1 year ago

Book Review: The Ghetto Within by Santiago H. Amigorena

The Ghetto Within by Santiago H. Amigorena also deals with issues of identity, as many immigrants do. Are they Argentina?…

2 years ago

Book Review: The Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt och Dag

The horror in this book has nothing to do with imaginary monsters, but with the horror of what humans are…

6 years ago

Book Review: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

This book has layers which allow the reader to think about and explore. Jealousy, friendship, envy, love, arrogance and, of…

13 years ago

Book Review: The Attack by Yasmina Khadra

After getting home from a very long shift, Dr. Jafaari is woken up asking to come identify his wife's body…

13 years ago

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