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The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova β book review
What could have been the perfect historical mystery for bibliophiles ended up being an unnecessarily long-winded and frequently dull novel. βLooking up from my work, I suddenly realized that someone had left a book whose spine I had never seen before among my own textbooks, which sat on a shelf above my desk. The spine…
15th century, 1950s, 1970s, 20th century, 3 STARS, Adult, adventure, AMERICAN AUTHOR, big books, BOOK REVIEW, Booklr, books about books, bram stoker, bulgaria, different styles (1st/2nd/3rd povs), dracula, drama, Elizabeth Kostova, epistolary, female authors, FOLKLORE, FRANCE, GOTHIC, historians, HISTORICAL FICTION, history, istanbul, librarians, libraries/bookshops, LITERARY FICTION, modern gothic, MYSTERY, Netherlands, philosophical, psychological, published in 2005, READ IN 2019, Religion, Romania, slow pacing, story within a story, SUPERNATURAL, SUSPENSE, the historian, travel, Turkey, unnamed narrator, VAMPIRES -
The History of Living Forever by Jake Wolff β book review
The History of Living Forever is an ambitious novel. The narrative includes multiple timelines and often switches between 1st and 3rd perspective, weaving together a compelling yet intricate story. Two of the central figures in these various ‘timelines’ are Conrad Aybinder and Sammy Tampari who in spite of their student-teacher relationship, and of Conrad being…
3.75 stars, adventure, age gap, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, chile, DEATH, different styles (1st/2nd/3rd povs), Easter Island, gay, GRIEF, HIGH SCHOOL, immortality, Jake Wolff, labs, LGBTQ+ Author, LITERARY FICTION, m/m, male authors, mental health, morality, philosophical, published in 2019, queer, READ IN 2019, Romania, science, SPECULATIVE FICTION, The History of Living Forever, travel
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