ladyapplejack 's review for:

The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander

4.25

dark informative sad medium-paced

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I really liked this historical (yet fictional) account of the last moments of the Romanovs and the mysteries that shrouded their fatal end for decades. Very interesting retelling of the story. I only took points off for how graphic it got at points, but honestly not sure what I expected from a book about murder.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death

there is a mention of cruelly killing an injured puppy which was really quite upsetting - and of course, graphic details of the Romanov family's murder