Russell James (1)
Autor de Underground / Collected Stories
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Sobre El Autor
Créditos de la imagen: Courtesy of Serpent's Tail Press
Obras de Russell James
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
Miembros
Reseñas
También Puede Gustarte
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 15
- Miembros
- 101
- Popularidad
- #188,710
- Valoración
- 2.8
- Reseñas
- 4
- ISBNs
- 81
- Idiomas
- 1
The problems with James’ approach to this convoluted story are manifold: A) Most authors should not adopt the first person perspective for historical figures. More often than not, the author’s vision of the character just doesn’t square well with the historical figure. In this book, Maud is sounded out with the author’s tin ear. B) The book gets caught in the blender that combines fact with fiction. The result is some awkwardly placed plot expositions written for the lowest common denominator reader with very little knowledge of WWI or the major political players. C) The first half of the book is dedicated to developing the many threads that formed the background to Maud’s trial. It’s all needlessly complicated, imbalanced in its storytelling, and littered with irrelevancies. By the time the reader gets to the trial boredom has already set in like mud in a WWI tommy’s boots.
I give credit to James for taking on an ambitious project. Unfortunately, this is the sort of spice that, in the wrong hands, turns to heartburn.… (más)