Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming

4 reviews

goodthingsread's review

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

I really enjoyed this book for its clarity and focus. The last few historical non-fiction books I've read have been a strange mix of fact and fanfiction, sparingly quoting primary sources and filling in unknown patches with hypotheses. It feels sometimes like non-fiction books, especially historical reviews, are pushed to be new and innovative, possessing some ground-breaking viewpoint of the past. Sometimes I just want to learn the basics. Fleming does that. She uses her primary sources appropriately. She paints a clear picture of the times and places and certain scenes without unnecessary hypotheticals. The motivations and mindsets of all the persons involved are plainly explained (where they can be -- and she points out just as plainly where she is making a guess, rather than trying to bolster her theory by twisting facts into a certain angle).

I just really appreciate being able to read a book that actually gives me facts in a readable, enjoyable format. I like.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Classism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Toxic friendship, and War

Minor: Animal death, Death, and Antisemitism

dwdillydally's review

emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Blood, and War

tanisha_112's review

informative medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, and Death

ifersinklings's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

This was an interesting biography of the Romanov family. It was easy to follow and read like a fiction book more than a non-fiction book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, and Violence