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A review by katiemack
The Empress by Laura Martínez-Belli
Did not finish book.
3.0
I received an eARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Laura Martínez-Belli mostly succeeds in her daunting task of detailing the rise and downfall of Empress Carlota and Maximilian von Habsburg. I was impressed by the amount of historical details she managed to include as well as the side characters she inserted into the story; however, as other reviewers have mentioned, the lack of dialogue made it read more like a non-fiction textbook with fictional characters rather than as a work of historical fiction.
While I got most of the way through the book, I was not in the right head space to finish it, unfortunately. I do, however, I think it would work really well for another lover of historical fiction.
Laura Martínez-Belli mostly succeeds in her daunting task of detailing the rise and downfall of Empress Carlota and Maximilian von Habsburg. I was impressed by the amount of historical details she managed to include as well as the side characters she inserted into the story; however, as other reviewers have mentioned, the lack of dialogue made it read more like a non-fiction textbook with fictional characters rather than as a work of historical fiction.
While I got most of the way through the book, I was not in the right head space to finish it, unfortunately. I do, however, I think it would work really well for another lover of historical fiction.