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A review by oofym
The French Revolution: From Enlightenment to Tyranny by Ian Davidson
3.5
I have no clue how to rate this, how do you rate a non-fiction history book, especially considering its the only one I've ever read.
I can say though that I had a good time with this, the author's ability to remain as neutral and apolitical as possible was really nice to see, I think when it comes to an event like the french revolution people have a tendency to insert their own opinions on what was morally good and what wasn't. So yeah I enjoyed the neutrality of this book.
What I didn't enjoy was the constant untranslated french all throughout the book, yes it's a book on the "French" revolution but I shouldn't have to know french to be able to read it all. I read books to get off my phone, I don't like having to use google translate every minute. Either put a translated version of the phrase next to the french, or put all the translations of french at the back, but don't make me try to translate everything myself.
I can say though that I had a good time with this, the author's ability to remain as neutral and apolitical as possible was really nice to see, I think when it comes to an event like the french revolution people have a tendency to insert their own opinions on what was morally good and what wasn't. So yeah I enjoyed the neutrality of this book.
What I didn't enjoy was the constant untranslated french all throughout the book, yes it's a book on the "French" revolution but I shouldn't have to know french to be able to read it all. I read books to get off my phone, I don't like having to use google translate every minute. Either put a translated version of the phrase next to the french, or put all the translations of french at the back, but don't make me try to translate everything myself.