Martijn Boer Boer থেকে Glăjărie 547301罗马尼亚
I anticipated loving this book because of all the positive reviews and my own interest in the subject, but it was not as engaging as I thought it would be. It was fairly slow in the beginning and the writing style did not pull me in and connect me to the characters. Nevertheless, it was interesting and well-researched. I found myself wanting to know more about the history and appreciating all the footnotes. I was intrigued by the philosophies behind the revolution, the setting up of Soviets in Russia, and the speedy transformation of a monarchy into a government supposedly by the people, but actually by evil hiding behind a facade of equality. But equality is not freedom and one does not force man to be good by silencing God in his heart...Great messages to get one thinking. Unfortunately,after taking such care to be accurate, the author departed from history at the end and changed the fate of some of the Lindlof children, as she noted in her footnotes. It may have made the ending happier, their survival more miraculous, but that is meaningless if it is not true. It is like writing a fictionalized "Anne Frank" and having her survive the Nazi concentration camps just to please one's readers. When it comes to history, we want the truth.