A review by alana_loves_books
Fortune by Lenny Bartulin

3.0

What a strange and unusual book! Fortune begins on the day that Napolean Bonaparte marches into Prussia as the conquering emperor in 1806 and ends, nearly a century later, with two Australian cowboys fighting in the battle of the Somme in WWI. The book weaves together the lives of many characters, most of whom don’t intersect with one another and follows their fates and fortunes. The story is propelled forward by the plot and we don’t get a lot of character development. In fact, it almost felt like a bunch of short stories linked together. The writing was interesting with a Wes Anderson-movie vibe to it. This is not going to appeal to everyone, but it you’re looking for quirky and offbeat historical fiction, this fits the bill.