Advantages: Opens your eyes Disadvantages: horrific honesty
The Secret Hunters by Ranulph Fiennes is about the journal of a man called Jacobs and is about a group of individuals who want justice for people who were victims of genocide in the 2nd World War. It’s unusual because the book isn’t a journal itself, but ...
Advantages: Writing style, pace and characters, hard to put down Disadvantages: Nothing really
The difference between Bernard Cornwell and a lot of other authors is that you know every word of his text is important, and you feel comfortable taking that little bit more time to read his work thoroughly. His novels are set against factual historical b ...
Advantages: Great writing style & rich deep characters Disadvantages: Too short - only 300 odd pages - I wish it was longer
Synopsis:
The Pale Horseman is the second book in Bernard Cornwell's Alfred the Great series set in 9th Century Britain and the sequel to the bestselling The Last Kingdom. This book like its predecessor follows the character of Uhtred of Bebbanberg, a la ...
Advantages: A fantastic story Disadvantages: Quite female focused, not really a bloke book.
When (if) you read the bible, you often come across characters that pop up only once, and are in the spotlight for a moment, and then disappear again... but you suspect they have more story to tell than is recorded. For example, the story of Joseph (and h ...
Advantages: Easy read, no dead space, keeps going Disadvantages: none
...gone to Catholic school for 13 years, I have always her the story of Jacob and his twelve sons. Now I get to hear his only daughter's story. Yes, it is a work of fiction, but Diamant uses historical resources to give us an authentic feel for the t ...
