282 reviews for:

Revelation

C.J. Sansom

4.23 AVERAGE

infi85's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

roshk99's review against another edition

4.0

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Not as good as the previous books, but still enjoyable. The end was a bit anticlimactic, but I believe that was Sansom's purpose, to have something bitter and a little unsatisfying to match the theme of the multiple murders. Looking forward to reading the next one!

nph4's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

rozydozy's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

collchuck's review against another edition

4.0

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I love this series, and this one amps up the story telling.

Why no 5 stars?

It's just... a little too much at times. There are two parallel mysteries happening, which symbolically foil each other, or at least provide context in contrast. I get it. It's just a lot.

That said, the writing is quite good, I didn't guess the ending, I learned a lot thorugh the richly researched setting. I'll read the next one

katiec626's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

helenephoebe's review against another edition

5.0

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Review - This is one of my favourite Matthew Shardlake books, and possibly one of my favourite Tudor historical novels ever. Sansom writes with so much conviction and description you can almost place yourself at the scene. It is also clever how he uses a mix of real and fictional characters, but makes them meld together so seamlessly. The biblical references are helpful in understanding what is happening and why.

Genre? - Historical / Mystery

Characters? - Matthew Shardlake / Jack Barak / Tamasin Barak / Guy Malton / Katherine Parr

Setting? - London (England)

Series? - Matthew Shardlake #4

Recommend? – Yes

Rating - 19/20

dajana88's review against another edition

4.0

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Ovo je bilo jako dobro!

Četvrti roman iz serijala o odvjetniku Matthewu Shardlaku samo je potvrdio da C. J. Sansom pristupa temi s pažnjom i ozbiljnošću, istražujući povijesne izvore. Pokušava u roman unijeti što više činjenica, a onda oko njih plete radnju i uključuje fiktivne likove koje suočava s povijesnim.

Ono što obožavam u Sansomovim romanima jest to što veliku pažnju daje osjetilima pa točno mogu zamisliti svu prljavštinu, neugodne mirise, bolove...

Također likove koji se pojavljuju u svim romanima nije opisao kao savršene i svemoguće, što ih svakako čini opipljivijima i "stvarnijima", ako je to uopće moguće. Osim glavnog lika odvjetnika, tu su još njegov pomoćnik Barak i prijatelj liječnik Guy, meni možda i najdraži sporedni likovi iz triler serijala.

U "Otkrivenju", između ostaloga, istražujemo vjerski fanatizam i ludilo te shvaćanje istoga u 16. stoljeću. Tu je serijski ubojica koji se opasno približava kraljevskom krugu, a cijeli slučaj potrebno je riješiti tako da kralj uopće ne sazna za to.

Preporuka!

audjfield13's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

bookswithboo's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious tense