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ms_hartman 's review for:
The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar
by Robert Alexander
3.5
With all the research and primary sources utilized by Alexander I’m surprised he didn’t just write a non-fiction novel in a narrative style. The best parts of the book (in my opinion) were those that read like historical accounts. All the ~dramatics~ that Alexander includes to make the story fit a fictional framework actually made the plot drag when it was otherwise suspenseful.
I think this is perhaps one of those cases where the topic the author is writing about is more interesting than the writing itself.
Also- the epilogue? What the hell was that? I mean mad props for working in a twist like that, but the amount of plot holes it creates? Idk man. It was a good time not a great time.
With all the research and primary sources utilized by Alexander I’m surprised he didn’t just write a non-fiction novel in a narrative style. The best parts of the book (in my opinion) were those that read like historical accounts. All the ~dramatics~ that Alexander includes to make the story fit a fictional framework actually made the plot drag when it was otherwise suspenseful.
I think this is perhaps one of those cases where the topic the author is writing about is more interesting than the writing itself.
Also- the epilogue? What the hell was that? I mean mad props for working in a twist like that, but the amount of plot holes it creates? Idk man. It was a good time not a great time.