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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
1.5 stars
Hmmmmmmmmmmm. Why do they advertise this as a love story (ok, not mainly a love story but you get it) when it goes like this:
1. Our two heroes meet. They both get horny for each other cause they're hot.
2. Our heroes meet for the second time: they kiss.
3. Out heroes profess their love for each other and pull out pet names such as: my little treasure and mon couer.
Sure, Jan. Also, the conversations they had during their two meetings were there just to describe events to the reader, who only had half the story because the author had to cut the scenes to keep up the suspense. And to profess how liberal they are.
We love one dimentional characters, I guess.
I'm not a fan of different povs in a book, but I'm not totally against it. The first half was ok in that regards, but the end had my head spinning trying to follow 20 characters who miraculously found their way to the same place at the same time for the grand finale.
The history stuff is interesting!
(can you imagine having to read another book about these people?)
Hmmmmmmmmmmm. Why do they advertise this as a love story (ok, not mainly a love story but you get it) when it goes like this:
1. Our two heroes meet. They both get horny for each other cause they're hot.
2. Our heroes meet for the second time: they kiss.
3. Out heroes profess their love for each other and pull out pet names such as: my little treasure and mon couer.
Sure, Jan. Also, the conversations they had during their two meetings were there just to describe events to the reader, who only had half the story because the author had to cut the scenes to keep up the suspense. And to profess how liberal they are.
We love one dimentional characters, I guess.
I'm not a fan of different povs in a book, but I'm not totally against it. The first half was ok in that regards, but the end had my head spinning trying to follow 20 characters who miraculously found their way to the same place at the same time for the grand finale.
The history stuff is interesting!
(can you imagine having to read another book about these people?)
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Maybe it’s just my mood but I just couldn’t get invested in the characters at all. It is an interesting subject but this version didn’t do it for me sadly. I found the pacing slow, and expected more of a link back to the prologue but that never came.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Okay so this was a three and a half out of five stars for me.
I liked the plot but the romance came out of nowhere. I like the idea of Piet and Minou but transitioning from literal strangers to 'my sweet love' with only a ten minute conversation, a kiss, and some notes back and forth? I wasn't buying that at all, but I suppose times were different back then.
At the end of the day, this was enjoying to read and didn't feel like a chore at all, which is all I really want out of a book.
Oh and Vidal can choke and die.
I liked the plot but the romance came out of nowhere. I like the idea of Piet and Minou but transitioning from literal strangers to 'my sweet love' with only a ten minute conversation, a kiss, and some notes back and forth? I wasn't buying that at all, but I suppose times were different back then.
At the end of the day, this was enjoying to read and didn't feel like a chore at all, which is all I really want out of a book.
Oh and Vidal can choke and die.
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
hopeful
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The inevitability of political turmoil and war, the preciousness of our close relationships and the strangeness of how we entertwine, the reality of violence, loss, and death, hope for how we recover, the reality that there are good people.