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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
Peerless alternate-history detective thriller. A benchmark for the genre.
This was a request by a Patron. I let them know that I never reached for alternate history, but that I would give this one a try as it was nice and short. I also listened to a full cast audio version from the BBC which I recommend! (Though I will say that a lot of the male characters sounded the same so I struggled sometimes to figure out who was talking).
Alas this is just not to my taste. Alternate history, and especially the type where Hitler won the war are just not my jam. I don't see the appeal, but that's okay. There is an audience for it and they love it so I'm glad for them.
I will say this was well written and the story was intriguing enough, even if it was in a genre that I don't like. An issue I have with this genre is because they have a lot of writers who are men, and also an audience of predominantly men, they have a certain style that is very...we'll just say masculine. This was no different. There was one important woman character and she got to do exactly what you'd expect, and then the man heroically sacrifices himself and she escapes. Not for me, thanks anyway. The gals in these books are also always at least slightly sexually attracted to the male leads. Because why would a woman ever just...not be attracted to a man?
Anyway, long story long, while this was a good, snappy story, the setting and genre just are not my thing and this book did not change that.
Alas this is just not to my taste. Alternate history, and especially the type where Hitler won the war are just not my jam. I don't see the appeal, but that's okay. There is an audience for it and they love it so I'm glad for them.
I will say this was well written and the story was intriguing enough, even if it was in a genre that I don't like. An issue I have with this genre is because they have a lot of writers who are men, and also an audience of predominantly men, they have a certain style that is very...we'll just say masculine. This was no different. There was one important woman character and she got to do exactly what you'd expect, and then the man heroically sacrifices himself and she escapes. Not for me, thanks anyway. The gals in these books are also always at least slightly sexually attracted to the male leads. Because why would a woman ever just...not be attracted to a man?
Anyway, long story long, while this was a good, snappy story, the setting and genre just are not my thing and this book did not change that.
A genuinely intense, interesting and emotive spy thriller set in an alternate history Germany where the Nazi's won the war, Hitler is turning 75 and President Kennedy is about to visit the Reich. The story follows disolutioned and unbelieving Nazi detective March, whom gets caught up in a conspiracy after a body of a Nazi official washes up on the shores of the Rhine.
Harris does a brilliant job really selling you on the alternative history by including real people, places and events amongst the fiction that seems like it could be real. The story is interesting and continues at a solid pace with characters you genuinely learn about and want to know more.
It's phenomenal historical fiction.
Harris does a brilliant job really selling you on the alternative history by including real people, places and events amongst the fiction that seems like it could be real. The story is interesting and continues at a solid pace with characters you genuinely learn about and want to know more.
It's phenomenal historical fiction.
I did like this one. It was slow starting, but then it picked up in the middle. I was interested to see how he would do the alternate. I liked the way he put Germany in place of the Soviet Union, and still gave it an ideological spin, but different than the Soviets. I would recommend this to someone who liked WWII, mysteries, John LeCarre etc.
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Estamos ante una hipotetica situación, 1964 y Hitler ha ganado y muestra la hegemonia nazi.
Un caso policiaco donde la investigación alterna con la vida diaria en Berlin; politica, policial, laboral…
El caso que trae entre manos, Xavi el investigador nazi, parecia algo sencillo pero se complica y ya no se puede fiar de nadie. Con ayuda de una periodista americana llegará a la “solución final”.
Al principio no me ha convencido mucho la historia por ser una situación hipotetica. Pero poco a poco historia engancha y se lee muy rápido.
Un caso policiaco donde la investigación alterna con la vida diaria en Berlin; politica, policial, laboral…
El caso que trae entre manos, Xavi el investigador nazi, parecia algo sencillo pero se complica y ya no se puede fiar de nadie. Con ayuda de una periodista americana llegará a la “solución final”.
Al principio no me ha convencido mucho la historia por ser una situación hipotetica. Pero poco a poco historia engancha y se lee muy rápido.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Recommended by a mate, wasn't sure about this at first but it really grew on me. It took a while to get going, but seemed to accelerate rapidly once it did. Pili's actions towards the end of the book made me very sad.