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Aug 06, 2010
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I’ve never read a book that more starkly highlighted for me how thankful the good people of the world should be that the allies won World War II. While my final rating was a somewhat subdued 3 stars, there are parts of this story that I found extremely compelling.
BACKSTORY/ALTERNATIVE HISTORY:
Welcome to a very dark future...
It's 1964, and all of Germany is preparing to celebrate Adolf Shitler’s 75th birthday. As part of this national event, the President of the United States, Joseph P. Ke ...more
That rare thing - a thriller that is intelligent, fast-paced, historically accurate and deeply satisfying. A historical what if that is quite audacious, handled with considerable aplomb. Move over Dan Brown!
My own personal interest in Hitler and the Third Reich made this novel even more fun and enjoyable.
My own personal interest in Hitler and the Third Reich made this novel even more fun and enjoyable.
A detective novel set in an alternate history where Germany was not defeated in WW2, but instead fought to a standstill.
Again, the Goodreads rating system fails. Half stars, please. I'd give this 3.5, but since I can't, it gets 3. Yes, I rounded down on this one.
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Much as I love alternative history as a niche genre, I found this to be surprisingly ho-hum given the amount of raves it received at the time. The "twist" is telegraphed and very unsatisfying at the end. The denouement was entirely unsatifying.
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Read it sometime?, brought it home from the folks place to read again.
The 2nd of Harris's books I've read - and the last.
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