book review the historian elizabeth kostova

Just wanted to throw that out there in case anyone is interested, I thought it might go well with The Historian. Side note, I also bought After Ninety Years by Milovan Glisic, which seems to be a classic short story about a Serbian Vampire which pre dated Dracula.

What an absolutely perfect cozy creepy book for Fall, I can't believe it got so much hate. Stories within a story, epistolary in places, 2 of my most favorite things.ĭo any of you all love The Historian as much as I do? Does anyone have any recommendations for a huge fan of this book? I've bought a little Dark Academia since it sort of falls into that category but nothing comes close, although I did love The Secret History by Donna Tartt. She received her undergraduate degree from Yale University and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Michigan, where she won the 2003 Hopwood Award for her Novel-in-Progress. So much rich history, delightfully creepy in places, I felt the romance was well done and not out of place or forced. Johnson in New London, Connecticut and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee where she graduated from the Webb School of Knoxville. I've never read anything like it and I've yet to find anything I've enjoyed so much. It also feels distinctly Jamesian, Victorian, like an M.R. It's one of those rarities that feels like it was written just for me, you know? Perfect for Fall, cozy, beautifully written, eloquent, elegant and lush while at the same time being easy to read, not elegant purple lush prose in the Anne Rice sense that always leaves me feeling like something is so off putting about it and hard to follow.

This book has absolutely everything for me, literally everything I could want in a book. I've learned not to trust goodreads though, it seems like some of my favorite books have shit reviews on there. I hardly ever see this mentioned anywhere and the reviews on goodreads are terrible, which just blows my mind. Two books I re read every year, which opened me up to historical fiction and changed my life. I fell in love with it last year and it quickly became my favorite book of all time, right up there with The Terror by Dan Simmons. So I'm re reading this for the 2nd time after loving it last Fall, and I had to ask if it has any fans here like me.

Book review the historian elizabeth kostova