A review by poisoned_icecream
The Alexiad by Anna Comnena

4.0

At times this got kind of boring, but Anna was extremely talented at describing the events that happened. I felt really sad for her at the end as describes how Alexius died (I'm not hiding this since in biographies the person always dies at the end). I especially love how she humanized her father, instead of making him appear not human but just an amazing emperor. Throughout the book it was obvious how much she loved and looked up to him. It was surprising to me because I always hear about how royal children are sent away to be fostered by someone else and not raised by their parents. I also really loved reading about Anna's grandmother and mother.

The only thing I don't like is all the notes. I really didn't need to be told every time there was a lacuna (...). Also, it got on my nerves how everyone tried to force Christianity onto people who were not christian. But other than that it was an interesting book.