A review by a_vro_
The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander

3.0

I was intrigued by the story line....but....the writing style was not compelling. I realize this is more of a young adult book, but it was quite repetitive and, until the epilogue, I didn't really feel the need to finish the book. My biggest issue with the book is that it was supposedly told from the grandfather's voice into a microphone, but there were oddly long quotes and weird things added for someone to be verbally telling a story. They should have had this morose be a letter from the grandfather to the grand-daughter in my opinion. This way the quotes would have made more sense. The epilogue twists were welcome and added a "fun" element to the book though!