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thelayeredbook 's review for:
Fatherland
by Robert Harris
adventurous
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Disclaimer: I have consumed this book as a dramatized adaptation, as such most problems I have were with the quality of that specific edition.
The audio was very quiet, I couldn't hear it while cooking or doing the dishes. It required my full attention with on-ear headphones. The accents and characters, especially the protagonist had a very slurry and unmotivated energy, which added to comprehension issues. Scenes and contexts were hard to track, as the audio play was cut like a movie without a narrator.
Now the story. It began rather slow and uneventful but started to build up the pace towards the end, and actually had me pretty captivated on the last third. While the historical background is well known, the author managed to make it feel like a new revelation.
The audio was very quiet, I couldn't hear it while cooking or doing the dishes. It required my full attention with on-ear headphones. The accents and characters, especially the protagonist had a very slurry and unmotivated energy, which added to comprehension issues. Scenes and contexts were hard to track, as the audio play was cut like a movie without a narrator.
Now the story. It began rather slow and uneventful but started to build up the pace towards the end, and actually had me pretty captivated on the last third. While the historical background is well known, the author managed to make it feel like a new revelation.