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bernieanderson 's review for:
The Shadow Land
by Elizabeth Kostova
This one had me worried part way thtrough. Kostovas beautiful prose kept me reading. And Im glad.I did. Up until about 3/4 of the way through I felt like the stakes were not high enough to make this story work.
There was a little confusion (on my part) as to whether the story was taking place in the modern era or in 1949. I was expecting not to like this one (and The Historian is one of my favorite books). But
But the stakes are rasied to a level that was actually pretty satisfying.
Read for the prose alone.
I learned a lot about the history of Bulgaria — Kostova does a good job buidling her world.
And the intrigue at the end makes this well worth finishing.
There was a little confusion (on my part) as to whether the story was taking place in the modern era or in 1949. I was expecting not to like this one (and The Historian is one of my favorite books). But
But the stakes are rasied to a level that was actually pretty satisfying.
Read for the prose alone.
I learned a lot about the history of Bulgaria — Kostova does a good job buidling her world.
And the intrigue at the end makes this well worth finishing.