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Title: Very disappointing
Review: I wish I had read these reviews before I read the book. It would have saved me a lot of time. I almost stopped after the first chapter, but I've liked the other Turtledove books I've read so I kept going thinking it would get better. A mistake -- it didn't.The premise of a world that hadn't had an American Revolution is interesting. But they didn't develop that premise. They describe a world that has a different state of technology than ours, and it would have been interesting to learn why the technology is different. But they don't discuss it. They describe a world that has different social structures and mores than ours, but don't discuss why. In fact they basically ignore the premise of the book and just pursue a simple who-dunnit.But, there could be another book starting with the same premise that actually explores how and why things would be different if there hasn't been an American Revolution.
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