ajashton72 's review for:

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

4.0

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I'm glad I read this but found some aspects of the story unnecessary. I think it could have been shortened and the story tightened up. Some use of description was ill-timed and the dramatic effect was lost. I think there was too much detail, I really don't want to know every little thing and full description of meals etc. which loses the pace of the story. I also spotted some continuity errors, a character going from grey hair to black, a character putting everything down to suddenly holding the item again. I enjoyed the story, but think it could have been paced better and to be honest, made Dracula more frightening than a glorified librarian.