The Historian

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I know I was all crazy over this book a while back and I'm glad, for the most part, that I found it and read it because if I hadn't, I think there would be this lingering doubt in my mind that I was missing THE read of the summer, but honestly, now that I'm done with it, I'm sort of like..."whatever". That's not exactly a resounding recommendation.

I mean, I didn't hate it and I did finish it so that says something. I think over all, it was just underwhelming. I was emailing Max about it today and mentioned that either I had skimmed over something or misinterpretted it because several of the big "reveals" in the plot I'd already assumed were known. I'd get to the reveal and be like, "huh? We didn't already know that?". I don't know what that exactly says but it doesn't really go in the "pro" column.

And the bit about it being longish and Dracula not appearing until well into it? Try page 595 out of a 637-page book. Seriously. I'm all for foreplay but my God.

Overall I liked the idea of the book. It has a good, fresh take on the historical significance of vampirism and the acedemic approach has a distinct feeling of Tartt's "Secret History". I think in the end, this will make a better movie then it does a book which is saying something.

I'm now onto two books of short stories. Owen Kings, "We're All In This Together" which so far is excellent. I was willing to give him a try because he's Stephen King's son, and I'm happy to say he takes teh best writing quality of his dad and makes it is own. It's familiar but still new in a way I like. So much in fact that I actaully emailed the publisher to find out if he's doing any book-signings. He apparently lives in Brooklyn so I hope that's good for at least one New York reading.

The other book is "Children Playing In Front Of a Statue of Hercules" which is edited by David Sedaris. He's chosen his favorite short stories and published a book to support 826NYC. There are some excellent shorts in it that I'm just starting to pick away at so I'm looking forward to be able to report back how excellent it is overall.

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2 Comments

Jay said:

Please put a spoiler warning up when you review something. Geesh...
That author is going to write a series according to Publisher's Weekly.

Chris said:

So I just finished the Historian this morning, and I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed it. I think it helped that I found the parts about Soviet Eastern Europe and the Ottoman Empire fascinating.

I will say that I was annoyed -- I really wanted some closure on the librarian that bit Helen twice.

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