The Historian

Buckaroo Banzai · 01-24-2007, 05:26 PM

Has anyone read this? The jacket made it sound awesome as hell, however I'm about 90 pages into it, and it reads like the author is trying her best to sound as literate as possible while busting out Roget's Thesaurus to make her sound smarter.
I find myself trying to read it every other day, and make it about 10 pages before falling asleep. I don't care to read through it all if it doesn't pick up.
Any comments without unlabled spoilers are much appreciated.

Tabris · 01-25-2007, 05:04 AM

It's terrible, made it halfway through and got rid of it to a friend, who also did not make it through. There are way better books to spend your time on.

If you want something decent in the same vein, go pick up the Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. You will not regret it.

Goliath · 02-01-2007, 12:43 PM

I loved The Historian. It is slow like Bram Stroker's "Dracula," but they are both very well written. She is not trying to sound smart, she is smart. Read some info on her, she was granted a flipping grant to write a book from Yale. They paid her, to write her first book. That means, they had nothing of hers published to look at and say, "wow you're pretty good, here's some cash to write another book." They had enough faith in her to give her money to write her very first book.

Also it picks up very much at about 75% of the way in. Very awesome and fun surprises/mind teasers towards the end.

However, if you've read Bram Stroker's "Dracula" and did not like it in the slightest, than you will not like "The Historian." They are written almost exactly in the same manner.

01-24-2007, 05:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
Buckaroo Banzai Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 173 +2 Internets	The Historian Has anyone read this? The jacket made it sound awesome as hell, however I'm about 90 pages into it, and it reads like the author is trying her best to sound as literate as possible while busting out Roget's Thesaurus to make her sound smarter. I find myself trying to read it every other day, and make it about 10 pages before falling asleep. I don't care to read through it all if it doesn't pick up. Any comments without unlabled spoilers are much appreciated.

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01-25-2007, 05:04 AM	#2 (permalink)
Tabris Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,389 -3 Internets	It's terrible, made it halfway through and got rid of it to a friend, who also did not make it through. There are way better books to spend your time on. If you want something decent in the same vein, go pick up the Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. You will not regret it.

02-01-2007, 12:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
Goliath Still not the Abyss Join Date: May 2002 Location: Arizona Posts: 1,933	I loved The Historian. It is slow like Bram Stroker's "Dracula," but they are both very well written. She is not trying to sound smart, she is smart. Read some info on her, she was granted a flipping grant to write a book from Yale. They paid her, to write her first book. That means, they had nothing of hers published to look at and say, "wow you're pretty good, here's some cash to write another book." They had enough faith in her to give her money to write her very first book. Also it picks up very much at about 75% of the way in. Very awesome and fun surprises/mind teasers towards the end. However, if you've read Bram Stroker's "Dracula" and did not like it in the slightest, than you will not like "The Historian." They are written almost exactly in the same manner.