A review by sasha_in_a_box
The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl

3.0

The voices of the poets were very believable, and I was touched by the account of post-traumatic stress disorder in Civil War soldiers. It was a pretty good murder mystery, but the pace was too sluggish for me. I understand that Pearl was trying to recreate the style of the 19th century poets and writers, but it wast really my cup of tea. So I say this is a solid novel, but not spectacular.