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Matthew Flaming

Auteur van The Kingdom of Ohio

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The Kingdom of Ohio (2009) 389 exemplaren

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I really would have liked more of the last third of the book spread into the first 2/3's. I liked the idea, but all of the really interesting things happened in the last part, and really left everything up to your imagination.

Historically, very interesting and I'm wanting to read more about Edison and Tesla and even J P Morgan. I feel like the writing is well done, the concept is intriguing, just not spaced as well as it could be? I would have been happy if this were a longer book that could have gone more in depth and earlier on to the historical aspects that got my attention. I really don't want to say more than that because I'm afraid it would spoil it for people.… (meer)
 
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shaunesay | 18 andere besprekingen | Jun 21, 2017 |
I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I often choose books based on the e-book offerings at the LA Public Library. The blurb for this book talked about it including historic characters such as Nicola Tesla and Thomas Edison, and I thought back to ...., which I didn't enjoy much at all, and thought I would feel the same about this novel.

Instead, it was a well written, interesting story, that read like a combination of Wallace Stegner's Angle of Repose, and The DaVinci Theory.
 
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magerber | 18 andere besprekingen | Feb 22, 2016 |
I love alternate histories, but I found myself frequently confused by this one. I had a hard time understanding where actual history should have ended and the alternate parts began, which could be a credit to the author, but was also a little annoying. (The heavily footnoted early chapters left me scratching my head and wondering if there was a part of AP US History I really did sleep through. Knowing that this couldn't actually be the case, I found myself simply annoyed that the author was trying to trick me.)

And on that note, the whole voice of the narrator was a bit tedious. I found myself skimming across the current day first-person passages, wanting to get back to the more interesting third-person historic chapters. The pace of the story was a bit slow, for all the Significant Events that seemed to be going on.

The conclusion of the story was satisfying enough, but I feel like the whole book could have been tightened up a bit to make getting there more exciting.
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Snukes | 18 andere besprekingen | Jun 14, 2013 |
A nicely constructed alternate history, though the 'mysterious' narrator's identity was obvious from the beginning.
 
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stevejwales | 18 andere besprekingen | Apr 27, 2013 |

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