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so it took me a lot longer to read than i thought it would, but for the record, my copy of this book has over 900 pages, not under 700.
the beginning was engrossing, in part because of the beautiful history. there is so much here based on real and true history, and how history should be done - it didn't really matter that most of the history was about medieval times, or whatever, it was the sanctity of how history is done and it's purpose that really engrossed me and made me say, "yes! yes! it i ...more
the beginning was engrossing, in part because of the beautiful history. there is so much here based on real and true history, and how history should be done - it didn't really matter that most of the history was about medieval times, or whatever, it was the sanctity of how history is done and it's purpose that really engrossed me and made me say, "yes! yes! it i ...more

I wanted to like this book but I didn't. I listened to this on audiobook which is over 25 hours long - it took me over a month to finish. I thought it would be perfect for October due to the Dracula premise. It was okay to listen to on dark, cool evenings on my commute home from work, but there was too much minutia which didn't hold my attention and I kept getting lost. The last 5 hours were okay and the part I was able to focus on best. The names and places were all foreign to me and maybe that
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Loved this book! It's definitely not a light read, but really such an interesting story. I wouldn't recommend it unless you have time to really dig in... it's 700 pages of intense stuff.
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Jul 05, 2007
Natalya
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i only read about 100 pages of the book, but i just couldn't get into it. i think i'm going to put it aside for now and come back to it later
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Jul 31, 2008
Nicole
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Katy
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