684 reviews for:

Fatherland

Robert Harris

3.87 AVERAGE

hans_habicht's review against another edition

3.5

dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

shadc's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

disturber_of_the_peace's review against another edition

4.0

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Wonderful book. Slightly slow start but it soon picks up pace. Very likeable and fantastically developed main character whom I found myself genuinely anxious for as he sought to uncover the truth. As well as being a very unpredictable and exciting story it's also incredibly moving and desperately sad. A must read for all those interested in the Third Reich and Nazi Germany.

ceceveegee's review against another edition

3.0

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This book is two things. One, a pretty decent police detective story. Two, history re-imagined with Germany, rather than the US and Britain, winning the European theater in WWII. Harris's meticulously crafted Nazi police state, seen from the perspective of an ordinary person, is terrifying. True evil, institutionalized and memorialized.

george_z's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark hopeful sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Decent alt-history thriller. The ending was both deeply chilling and managed to end on a hopeful note. Would recommend. 

nkotek's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious fast-paced

ammonfh's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

courtneyadh's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 20%

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So boring! 😭

foster_labrq's review against another edition

4.25

dark tense

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For the 2-hr audio dramatization: excellent audio production and voice acting makes a for very tense and tightly-executed version of this story. I highly recommend this distillation of the novel. 

seano312's review against another edition

4.0

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I read this 30+ years ago and enjoyed it. I had forgotten most of it, so this was a very enjoyable read.

Harris is a reliable author. He knows history well enough so everything feels right, even during this alternative history of 1964 Europe under the Nazis.

The good cop in a bad world trope gets used a lot, but there’s a reason why it’s good.

I can’t recall Harris writing a dud. Maybe I should read more of him.