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Heart Of Iron (2011)

by Ekaterina Sedia(Favorite Author)

3.08 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

160701257X (ISBN13: 9781607012573)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Prime Books

review 1: I love the language, the setting, the plot, and the way the book is written, but for me there was something missing from the narrative, something that kept me from feeling particularly invested in the journey and ultimately from caring much at all about the characters. There was also a distinct lack of menace surrounding villainous Florence Nightingale, which was really a shame. Ultimately I did enjoy this book, but I probably won't remember much about it before too long.
review 2: I picked this book in the library. I like alternative history and the overall idea of a book about Russia where the decemberists won and Constantine is the emperor was appealing. The book partially delivers by attempting to present the future where Russia abolished slavery and star... moreted industrialization very early following Britain. This is probably the more interesting part of the book. But the plot is weak, heroes are less believable, many historic and technical details are hardly believable either. All that makes reading after some point quite boring. I believe, the author created the world and set up heroes and they was not really sure whar to do with them - so she sent them rather pointlessly to China... I wish all the best to the author, she has fantasy, need to gain skills. less

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