Last year, TNT premiered the mini-series The Alienist, based on Caleb Carr’s novel of the same name (here’s my review of the book). I binged it over the summer, but thought I'd do an analysis/comparison to see which is better! I’ll ramble, then I’ll score both versions. The categories I’ve chosen are: plot, characters, setting …
Tag: historical fiction
Top 10 Books I Read in 2018
It's the end of the year, which always seems to be a time for looking back and looking forward. So I thought I'd reflect on what I read this year. I've been trying to read more nonfiction lately, as well as delve into books I might not usually pick up. I did manage both those …
Book Review | A Christmas Carol
I hope the holiday season hasn't been a humbug for anyone (unless we're talking about the peppermint candy, which is a British thing that sounds delightful)! Speaking of humbugs—in the lamest lead-in ever—I spent the last couple days revisiting A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens because, you know, ’tis the season. This story is a …
Book Review | The Scarlet Pimpernel
I hardly remember my views of The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy the first time I read it in high school, but this time I greatly enjoyed it. Gotta love a historical fiction with romance, adventure, and a mysterious figure in disguise. The characters are excellent. Marguerite is a good protagonist, clever and brave, if a …
Book Review | Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
I admit it. Even I was initially intimidated by the length of this book. And I'm that person who read Harry Potter at age eight, who's devoured books in a single day, who has a reading list that numbers in the triple-digits. But seeing Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell for the first time in a …
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