The
Historian
By: Elizabeth Kostova
Genre: Adult fiction
Pages: 752
Published: 2003
Read: February
2 out of 5
One of
these days I will learn that if a book has more than 400 pages I should NOT
read it. For me, it always seems those books have about 100 pages of “filler”
that don’t add any significance to the story. I also have never been one to
skip pages of a novel – I either muddle through or give up. However, I was too
invested and around page 600 (the manuscripts) I skipped over 26 pages.
Honestly, I don’t feel I lost anything either.
Every event unraveled too neatly, every mystery solved too conveniently,
unsolved problems – then just give the character amnesia! Then again, if
Kostova didn’t write the book in that manner can you imagine how long it would
be!! From reviews I have seen, this is definitely a “you love it” or “you hate
it” book – I recommend only to fans of Dracula or history buffs.
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