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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
Overall a very good read of alternate history. Too short and left me wanting more!
A masterpiece. I liked most of it--excellent writing, deft characterizations of a number of Nazi public figures, a sense of freedom rather than painstaking restraint with the historical inaccuracies. And yet I nearly thre up my hands at the big reveal at the end.
Was it the time that the book was written? I don't know enough about historical fiction at the time. It seems so odd now, though, for such a big reveal to be something we already know. It was we'll set up, but still I found myself distanced from the book at that point.
Was it the time that the book was written? I don't know enough about historical fiction at the time. It seems so odd now, though, for such a big reveal to be something we already know. It was we'll set up, but still I found myself distanced from the book at that point.
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Intresting as speculative dystopian fiction, pretty run-of-the-mill as a thriller. I really find more value in the former - maybe this should be next year's Robert Harris Oscar-nominee adaptation. Though I am sure it will still fly over some people's heads.
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
2025 - The 52 Book Club Challenge
Prompt 10: Author's last name is also a first name
Prompt 26: More than a million copies sold
Prompt 37: Genre chosen for you by someone else (Historical Fiction)
Prompt 41: Cover font is in a primary color
Prompt 51: 300-400 pages long
Prompt 10: Author's last name is also a first name
Prompt 26: More than a million copies sold
Prompt 37: Genre chosen for you by someone else (Historical Fiction)
Prompt 41: Cover font is in a primary color
Prompt 51: 300-400 pages long
Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge 2019
Task #2 An alternate history novel
Task #2 An alternate history novel
The enormous amount of research Harris must have done is clear in his description of what Hitler's Germany would have looked like by the 1960s - very much in accordance with Hitler's own visions before the end of the war.