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sunrays118 's review for:
The Shadow Land
by Elizabeth Kostova
Solid four star read for a beautifully written novel filled with mystery and intrigue. The book takes several turns and introduces many wonderful characters. I found myself at times gaping with concern or willing up with joy.
There are a few things that could have been improved upon:
1. It is long. Probably about 100 pages too long.
2. Related, book one is by far the strongest. It was clearly worked more and it’s far more concise and better paced. Book two and three lag heavily in parts and much of what is written long, long, long narratives being told by various characters should have been alluded to. It would have made the work stronger.
3. A personal pet peeve but the author does not put commas between adjectives in a list I found it obnoxious.
4. As always, I found the characters a bit too black and white. Everyone was either entirely wonderful or evil. Guess which the main characters were.
5. Lastly, I honestly have read as many books about WW2 as I can in one lifetime. This book would have been better with a slightly reframed timeline.
There are a few things that could have been improved upon:
1. It is long. Probably about 100 pages too long.
2. Related, book one is by far the strongest. It was clearly worked more and it’s far more concise and better paced. Book two and three lag heavily in parts and much of what is written long, long, long narratives being told by various characters should have been alluded to. It would have made the work stronger.
3. A personal pet peeve but the author does not put commas between adjectives in a list I found it obnoxious.
4. As always, I found the characters a bit too black and white. Everyone was either entirely wonderful or evil. Guess which the main characters were.
5. Lastly, I honestly have read as many books about WW2 as I can in one lifetime. This book would have been better with a slightly reframed timeline.