 |
|
|
| Customer Review: |
|
1: Great Historical Fiction - Pleasurable Read
Love the historical information weaved throughout this interesting and unique story. Elizabeth does a great job telling 3 different but related stories from multiple view points. This was a pleasure to read and kept me wanting more, she took my interests and imagination to unexplored territory!
|
2: Book without a soul
I wanted to like it but while Kostova can write she's not a writer. She can turn a phrase but they have no meaning. She can construct characters but they have no soul (no pun intended). Her scenery is vivid but not at all interesting.
Kostova has indeed put a new twist on the Vampire legend, she has made it boring.
The only positive thing I can say is I bought it for $3.95 from the bargain bin. Now only if I can get those hours of reading back.
|
3: Wow
A new twist on Dracula, very well done and very entertaining. A very good book to read. Nothing cheap, no sleazy sex scene or predictable ending. Loved it.
|
4: Unbelievably Good
I've been reading since I was 3 years old, and after 35 years I can say that not only is this one the best books I've ever read, it might just be THE best. The story is obsessively absorbing; the writing taut yet descriptive, and the delicious details from the author's research bring this book so completely to life that I felt I was literally there with the characters every step of the way. I'm in love and I will keep and re-read this book until it falls apart in my hands----that's how good it is! :)
|
5: A Hidden Gem
This was a "Hidden Gem" of a book. My wife told me to read it after she finished it. Most of my time reading this book was during our vacation all over Italy. It was a very easy read and EXTREMELY interesting. There was never a dull moment and I would highly recommend The Historian to other readers. This was the first novel of this genre that I've read and I happy to say that I eagerly await another story of it's kind.
|
|
|
