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The Romanovs: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore

9 reviews

persikan_05's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Genocide, Murder, Pedophilia, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Xenophobia, Blood, Body horror, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Alcoholism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Rape

hilly_em's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

A long read but very entertaining whilst remaining dense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Incest, Domestic abuse, Death, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Genocide, Ableism, Torture, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, and Antisemitism

dodie_sullivan's review against another edition

dark informative tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, War, Religious bigotry, Drug use, Confinement, Racism, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Grief, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Deportation, Sexual content, Violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Blood, Chronic illness, Child death, and Colonisation

Minor: Miscarriage, Murder, Sexual assault, Animal death, Infertility, and Abortion

soph22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Racial slurs, Antisemitism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, Racism, Slavery, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

rhosynmd's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and Gore

Moderate: Racial slurs

lilifane's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

4.0

That was... a lot. I'm impressed by the amount of research that must have been conducted for this book. It really spans hundreds of years of one family. I knew several parts of it already but seing it in the bigger context was really cool. But there were soooo many names. :D Luckily I didn't read it to become an expert on the Romanovs but because I was curious and wanted to get some details on the things I already knew. And oh my, did I get some details. It seems like except for Catherine the Great, who loved art, the other's had only two hobbies: killing family members and creating new ones. 
Jokes aside this actually was a super interesting book and I have a better understanding of Russian and European history now. 
I mostly listened to it on audio book otherwise I probably wouldn't have finished it this qickly. I'm glad I had the physical book as well, though, because the family trees, listst of protagonists at the beginning of each chapter and the photos included were really helpful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Confinement, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Violence

ida's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

This book is not for the fainthearted! It's over 700 pages (28 hours on audiobook) and it contains so many names and dates it can make you dizzy at times. It is also, however, incredibly interesting, and I've learned so much! I had no idea that Russia had many female rulers, or just how many times they were battling it out with the Swedes. Also, you just never know where it's going to go, from affairs with nieces, castration by cannonball (an accident) and a fake Rasputin penis that turned out to be a sea cucumber, this book has it all! It can be a bit tricky to keep all the names straight, especially since it's the same families who keep popping up, but the book does have a list of 'cast' before each chapter, which is very helpful! The book focuses more on the family, drama and relations with other people and countries, than it does going into detailed descriptions of battles, which I liked. And honestly, the amount of backstabbing and murder is astounding. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism and Fatphobia

lylacks's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, Violence, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Chronic illness

Minor: Animal cruelty

abuse of a corpse

beckyo's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Violence, Xenophobia, and Ableism

Minor: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Xenophobia