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A review by theorah
A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians by H.G. Parry
Did not finish book.
For me personally, I think I just love and know too much about the French Revolution to be able to enjoy this book! I feel the circumstances of the revolution and the characters who partook in them are wonderfully complex and fascinating, and for me the writer was failing to really nail that down. It felt like they had created flat versions of the people lifted from a few specific sources, and chosen not think more carefully about their motivations, the culture around them etc.
From a non history nerd pov, it was a good effort and I think people not majorly into the history might enjoy this and it's useful of magic to help glide over very complicated politics and capture the essence of the problems of the time.
But as someone who pm knows people like Robespierre and Camille inside-out, it was weird to read these versions of them where their motivations and personalities were more simplistic, and various circumstances/psychology hadn't been taken into account.
From a non history nerd pov, it was a good effort and I think people not majorly into the history might enjoy this and it's useful of magic to help glide over very complicated politics and capture the essence of the problems of the time.
But as someone who pm knows people like Robespierre and Camille inside-out, it was weird to read these versions of them where their motivations and personalities were more simplistic, and various circumstances/psychology hadn't been taken into account.