Welcome to the story of Henry Sturges :)
This was a really good but sometimes tedious book. Don't get me wrong, I loved seeing into Henry's life, getting insights into his head and seeing all the things he has done past and present. The list of historical figures that came through was impressive and for a couple I had a few giggles. A couple of times my mouth even dropped open.
The two parts of the story I really hoped the author would do happened and I eagerly devoured them, going over them in my head before continuing on.
My ancestor got a mini-mention haha... that was just awesome :).
The villain of the story was well done and not what I expected. She was cruel, calculated, smart, and crazy... a worthy opponent. The uncovering of her identity by a certain someone was amusing, well to me anyway.. .seeing Henry speechless. Plus, a certain other element came into play that had me almost jumping up and down :).
So what are my issues? Well, I was speeding through this up until after World War 2 era. After that, the book was interesting but started to fail to grab me at the same time. I started to not get book fatigue exactly but wondering why Henry was still doing what he was doing.
The tie-in with a part of the first book was good and the evening spent talking with Kennedy was quietly unsettling when certain aspects were reflected on...
Other than those and a certainly exciting and surprising/one part sad but satisfying ending, I didn't enjoy the latter part as much. It felt like some parts could have been edited or left out perhaps.
When the villain makes another appearance, I was intrigued slightly but that was overwhelmed mostly by "Back again? Kill her please!"
Also, while some of the footnotes add to the story, others were merely distracting.
Mr. Grahame-Smith does a great job weaving these stories of Henry's existence together with historical events and making them so seem plausible/real.. Making you think "What if" in some cases (fun to play).
I would recommend this, it's a great book overall and I would love to here more about Henry one day if there's a new tale to be told :).
Happy reading!
This was a really good but sometimes tedious book. Don't get me wrong, I loved seeing into Henry's life, getting insights into his head and seeing all the things he has done past and present. The list of historical figures that came through was impressive and for a couple I had a few giggles. A couple of times my mouth even dropped open.
The two parts of the story I really hoped the author would do happened and I eagerly devoured them, going over them in my head before continuing on.
My ancestor got a mini-mention haha... that was just awesome :).
The villain of the story was well done and not what I expected. She was cruel, calculated, smart, and crazy... a worthy opponent. The uncovering of her identity by a certain someone was amusing, well to me anyway.. .seeing Henry speechless. Plus, a certain other element came into play that had me almost jumping up and down :).
So what are my issues? Well, I was speeding through this up until after World War 2 era. After that, the book was interesting but started to fail to grab me at the same time. I started to not get book fatigue exactly but wondering why Henry was still doing what he was doing.
The tie-in with a part of the first book was good and the evening spent talking with Kennedy was quietly unsettling when certain aspects were reflected on...
Other than those and a certainly exciting and surprising/one part sad but satisfying ending, I didn't enjoy the latter part as much. It felt like some parts could have been edited or left out perhaps.
When the villain makes another appearance, I was intrigued slightly but that was overwhelmed mostly by "Back again? Kill her please!"
Also, while some of the footnotes add to the story, others were merely distracting.
Mr. Grahame-Smith does a great job weaving these stories of Henry's existence together with historical events and making them so seem plausible/real.. Making you think "What if" in some cases (fun to play).
I would recommend this, it's a great book overall and I would love to here more about Henry one day if there's a new tale to be told :).
Happy reading!
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