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Best book ever. I wrote it, so I might be biased.
If you're interested in reading The French Revolution at your book club, I'd be happy to join your club via Skype. Ping me via http://matt-stewart.com to schedule a time. ...more
If you're interested in reading The French Revolution at your book club, I'd be happy to join your club via Skype. Ping me via http://matt-stewart.com to schedule a time. ...more

This was a fun romp, a buffet at a party vs. a sit-down formal dinner (or a slice of pizza). As much as I enjoyed the read, I often found myself stylistically at odds. Stewart often paints with a broad brush -- an often bright and witty and clever brush -- whereas I am more of an "in scene" kind of reader.
That said, Stewart often struck me with some remarkably poetic lines and details. The most memorable was when a character sees a beautiful Asian-American woman and sees her black hair as "the ...more
That said, Stewart often struck me with some remarkably poetic lines and details. The most memorable was when a character sees a beautiful Asian-American woman and sees her black hair as "the ...more

May 06, 2010
Wanda Shapiro
marked it as to-read