Comments on: “The Historian” review http://www.pandemicsoul.com/blog/archives/the-historian-review/ Tastes so good it sells itself! Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:02:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Frederick Klein http://www.pandemicsoul.com/blog/archives/the-historian-review/#comment-123 Frederick Klein Fri, 30 Dec 2005 19:41:42 +0000 http://pandemicsoul.com/blog/archives/the-historian-review/#comment-123 I agree with you entirely. The book was a long, drawn-out bore. Kostova's descriptions are nice, but she has no sense of how to move a story along. Another huge problem is that, although the book has several different narrators, they all have the same voice. And yet another problem: It takes place in the 20th century, but the characters use words like "Alack!" Give me a break! And when was the last time you heard or saw the word "extant" outside of a legal brief? Well, she uses it several times in conversations in this book. "The Historian" is a long, boring mess. I'm not sure why it's gotten decent reviews, but I'm thinking a few people may have been paid off. I agree with you entirely. The book was a long, drawn-out bore. Kostova’s descriptions are nice, but she has no sense of how to move a story along. Another huge problem is that, although the book has several different narrators, they all have the same voice. And yet another problem: It takes place in the 20th century, but the characters use words like “Alack!” Give me a break!

And when was the last time you heard or saw the word “extant” outside of a legal brief? Well, she uses it several times in conversations in this book.

“The Historian” is a long, boring mess. I’m not sure why it’s gotten decent reviews, but I’m thinking a few people may have been paid off.

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