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A review by a_chickletz
The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
3.0
Eh.
I guess I expected more from this book. I came away kind of let down.
I wanted a brawl. I wanted a duel to the death - er, brains, with Tesla and Edison. I wanted something that was focused on their hatred/dislike. Instead, I get a book that focuses too much on the lame lawyer and this girl he is trying to woo.
I know that the book is based on real life, and there probably wasn't any of that, but I was looking for something that was akin to a Bettie Davis / Joan Crawford feud. Anyway, if you're gonna pick up the book hoping for something like that then you'll be disappointed.
The story I got was ... kind of lame. It just spent too much time focused on the lawyer. I did not care about him. Edison is HARDLY focused on or appears in the book. Just at the beginning or the end. Tesla is sprinkled throughout the book has being a bit of a loopy scientist - think of Huxley from Kingdom of the Crystal Skull before his brain was re-righted at the end.
It wasn't a bad book, just not what I was looking for.
I guess I expected more from this book. I came away kind of let down.
I wanted a brawl. I wanted a duel to the death - er, brains, with Tesla and Edison. I wanted something that was focused on their hatred/dislike. Instead, I get a book that focuses too much on the lame lawyer and this girl he is trying to woo.
I know that the book is based on real life, and there probably wasn't any of that, but I was looking for something that was akin to a Bettie Davis / Joan Crawford feud. Anyway, if you're gonna pick up the book hoping for something like that then you'll be disappointed.
The story I got was ... kind of lame. It just spent too much time focused on the lawyer. I did not care about him. Edison is HARDLY focused on or appears in the book. Just at the beginning or the end. Tesla is sprinkled throughout the book has being a bit of a loopy scientist - think of Huxley from Kingdom of the Crystal Skull before his brain was re-righted at the end.
It wasn't a bad book, just not what I was looking for.