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maximander24 's review for:
Fatherland
by Robert Harris
I love that the Historical Fiction wasn’t the only thing going for it
In this book, the genre, and the time period that it was set in was always secondary to the main plot, which I thought was brilliant. Often in Historical Fiction books, the fact that it is set in Ancient Rome or whatever is more important then the actual plot. But with Fatherland, Harris managed to craft an amazing crime novel, set in 1964 Berlin.
I thought that the fact that he managed to write across two difficult genres was pretty incredible, and it meant that if you enjoy reading Historical Fiction then this is a good book, or if you enjoy reading Crime, then this a good book.
Going in, I was slightly dreading the book, because historical fiction isn’t my favourite genre by any means, and I was expecting the book to be quite thick, but, it wasn’t, which I was quite amazed at.
Overall this was a really good book, and I encourage any sort of person to read it.
In this book, the genre, and the time period that it was set in was always secondary to the main plot, which I thought was brilliant. Often in Historical Fiction books, the fact that it is set in Ancient Rome or whatever is more important then the actual plot. But with Fatherland, Harris managed to craft an amazing crime novel, set in 1964 Berlin.
I thought that the fact that he managed to write across two difficult genres was pretty incredible, and it meant that if you enjoy reading Historical Fiction then this is a good book, or if you enjoy reading Crime, then this a good book.
Going in, I was slightly dreading the book, because historical fiction isn’t my favourite genre by any means, and I was expecting the book to be quite thick, but, it wasn’t, which I was quite amazed at.
Overall this was a really good book, and I encourage any sort of person to read it.