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US Mall 1 - The Historian
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List Price: $25.95
Our Price: $7.21
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Binding: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 656
Publication Date: 2005-06-14
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Summary: Longer than it looks/needs, but otherwise good
Comment: It was a good read. A little longer than it needed to be. One chapter just went on and on like a high school textbook. The book went on forever, then the end seemed to come out of nowhere. I'm glad I read it, but wouldn't recommend it to just any friend.
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Summary: Good writing...bad editting.
Comment: The editor must have been asleep on this one. At least a third of the book could have been removed altogether which would have made it a better read. She describes everything beautifully, it is simply too much.
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Summary: Brilliant
Comment: I was completely blown away by this novel. I expected it to be good, and couldn't wait to read it, but I never thought it would be this good.
So well written, it is a "road-movie" through Europe, Amstersdam, France, Italy, Greece, Istanbul, Sofia and countryside Bulgaria, Budapest in Hungary, Romania, a story so enthralling that you can't leave the book. I sure believe anyone interested in history should read it, and for those who love vampire stories, this is a feast!
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Summary: The Historian
Comment: This is a greatly entertaining book full of mystery and intrigue. Perfect for cuddling up with on a cold day.
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Summary: Angieville: THE HISTORIAN
Comment: Clocking in at over 700 pages, this doorstopper has no right to be anywhere near as entertaining as it is. But it is so entertaining. Kostova knows how to pace a tale so that her faithful reader never tires or wavers in her interest to see what happens next. I thought for sure I'd bog down somewhere in the middle and have to press on through but I never did. There were points where I stopped to marvel in bewilderment, "How many layers deep is the narrative running now? 4? 5? And yet I can't put it down!" This followed by a smile of intense satisfaction and more fevered page-turning. The story follows an unnamed narrator who recounts for her reader the decidedly unfortunate and increasingly bone-chilling events surrounding the finding of a medieval book, empty but for a rough image of a dragon and the single word "DRAKULYA." And, just like that, the hunt is ON. Kostova's characters are easy to empathize with and she handles scenes of great tension and layered emotion with a deft hand. Highly recommended.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Longer than it looks/needs, but otherwise good
Comment: It was a good read. A little longer than it needed to be. One chapter just went on and on like a high school textbook. The book went on forever, then the end seemed to come out of nowhere. I'm glad I read it, but wouldn't recommend it to just any friend.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good writing...bad editting.
Comment: The editor must have been asleep on this one. At least a third of the book could have been removed altogether which would have made it a better read. She describes everything beautifully, it is simply too much.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Brilliant
Comment: I was completely blown away by this novel. I expected it to be good, and couldn't wait to read it, but I never thought it would be this good.
So well written, it is a "road-movie" through Europe, Amstersdam, France, Italy, Greece, Istanbul, Sofia and countryside Bulgaria, Budapest in Hungary, Romania, a story so enthralling that you can't leave the book. I sure believe anyone interested in history should read it, and for those who love vampire stories, this is a feast!
Customer Rating:
Summary: The Historian
Comment: This is a greatly entertaining book full of mystery and intrigue. Perfect for cuddling up with on a cold day.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Angieville: THE HISTORIAN
Comment: Clocking in at over 700 pages, this doorstopper has no right to be anywhere near as entertaining as it is. But it is so entertaining. Kostova knows how to pace a tale so that her faithful reader never tires or wavers in her interest to see what happens next. I thought for sure I'd bog down somewhere in the middle and have to press on through but I never did. There were points where I stopped to marvel in bewilderment, "How many layers deep is the narrative running now? 4? 5? And yet I can't put it down!" This followed by a smile of intense satisfaction and more fevered page-turning. The story follows an unnamed narrator who recounts for her reader the decidedly unfortunate and increasingly bone-chilling events surrounding the finding of a medieval book, empty but for a rough image of a dragon and the single word "DRAKULYA." And, just like that, the hunt is ON. Kostova's characters are easy to empathize with and she handles scenes of great tension and layered emotion with a deft hand. Highly recommended.
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