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SummerLGrant (185 KP) rated The Romanovs: 1613-1918 in Books

Aug 20, 2017  
The Romanovs: 1613-1918
The Romanovs: 1613-1918
Simon Sebag Montefiore | 2017 | Biography
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Non-fiction hat reads like a novel (2 more)
Passion in the research
The footnotes hold some of the most interesting bits of information
300 years of history painstakingly explored
I'm not a non-fiction reader but this book was amazing. It's definitely an ambitious one, challenging itself to cover the entire 300 years of Romanov rule in Russia and managing to do justice to every era.
  
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Hilary (9 KP) rated The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in Books

Jul 5, 2017  
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Martin Wenner | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry
10
8.1 (76 Ratings)
Book Rating
Great characters (1 more)
In depth plot
Slow start (0 more)
Crime fiction at its best
It took me a little while to get into this book, but once I did I couldn't put it down! The characters are super interesting and the amount of detail and effort that was put in to make the background information accurate is evident. Also much darker than your typical crime fiction novels.
  
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Nicole L (3 KP) rated The Nightingale in Books

Jul 6, 2017  
The Nightingale
The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
9
8.9 (61 Ratings)
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Plot (2 more)
Characterization
Pacing
Book I recommend to everyone
I've read extensively about WW2 and the Holocaust, both fiction and nonfiction. This is the #1 book I recommend for others interested in those subjects and honestly my top fiction recommendation overall. Great characterization, good pacing, and a tense plot jeep the pages turning. Have tissues handy - I'm not a big crier but this one definitely got to me!
  
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Ross (3284 KP) rated The Talisman in Books

Sep 11, 2017  
The Talisman
The Talisman
Stephen King, Peter Straub | 1984 | Horror, Science Fiction/Fantasy
8
8.3 (30 Ratings)
Book Rating
Great piece of fiction, dipping into fantasy and the real world. Interestingly, this book was also the inspiration for the song "Jack Names the Planets" by Ash.