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The Historian

The Historian

by Elizabeth Kostova

Top tags: historical fiction,  vampires,  fiction,  horror,  mystery (all tags)

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sellin' disaster...
  • Rated 5 stars

“It's time for a break from those romantic vampire stories. This is my favorite book, the very one that inspired me to become a historian. It's nice how the author managed to go back to the original roots of Dracula... A perfect combination of horror and history, this is a must read (in broad daylight)”

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Didn’t Like It

4 of 5 members found this review helpful.
acetylene
  • Rated 1 stars

“Worst book ever! I was expecting a good vampire story about the lore and legends surrounding Dracula. Instead what I got was a really long drawn out story that I could hardly finish. The information of Vlad and the Hagia Sofia was interesting, but that was about it. The relationships between the characters was not believable at all--an exorbitant amount of coincidences. The author may have done her research but too much of it "bites" off Stoker's Dracula. Do yourself a favor, put this...”

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  • Rated 3.809307 stars
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  • Rated 3.5 stars
  

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  • Elaine W-W

    elaine w-w said:

    “I loved this and couldn't put it down. I found it to be well-written and genuinely creepy, with good links between actual history and the legends of vampires. The characters were believable and I cared about what happened to them. ”

    posted Tuesday, March 31 2009
  • Annise R

    annise r said:

    “I read this and wasn't quite sure I was going to like it. First it was about vampires and second it was written in the first person. I got 3 pages in and was hooked. I was so impressed by the book that I immediatly had to read 'Dracula' by Bram Stoker and was really disapointed with that book. I found that 'The Historian' found all those inner fears you don't know exist and expolited them fully- I was very scared at some points in the book, I also loved how I could follow the story on a map and see exactly where the characters were. I found the history really interesting and enjoyed this book immensly.

    The charcter are so brillant and yet so different and the scarest, is not Vlad Dracula (no he's the most attractive), but the Librarian. I enjoyed this book so much that I have read it four times and am now using it for my A-Level coursework. I strongly reccomend this book where your sense of good and bad gets utterly confused. ”

    posted Tuesday, December 23 2008 ( | view 2 replies )
  • Lindam

    lindam said:

    “I came to this book with resistance. A 700 page book about vampires? Yikes! But a good friend gave it to me and so I started it and couldn't put it down. It is a fascinating book. Wonderfully written and very compelling. I loved the intersection of history and legend. The characters were great! What a great, classy mystery!”

    posted Sunday, December 21 2008
  • Jennifer J

    jennifer j said:

    “I am wondering if anyone out there who has NOT read The Historian would like to read it with me and have a dialog back and forth about what we read. I am not very far, but will wait for you to catch up to me. Please let me know!”

    posted Friday, October 31 2008 ( | view 3 replies )
  • Mark

    mark said:

    “I really enjoyed this book. I read it like 2 times already and plan to read it again. Elizabeth did an excellent job in writing this book. I'm looking forward to more books by her. Keep them coming Elizabeth.”

    posted Sunday, August 10 2008

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