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Title: Interesting but not believable
Review: It was an interesting and fascinating read, but I would not take the historical aspect of it very seriously, I doubt women had that much freedom in the Harem. I felt the author was over glorifying the Ottoman Empire, and the part about Venetian life for a woman was rather inaccurate. He made Julia sound as if she was coming out of Calvinist Europe rather than Catholic Southern Europe. Other than that it kept me entertained so I wouldn't totally disregard this book. Its still a good read.I agree with other's comments that the Julia/Abbas characters were unneeded. Julia irritated me because she was such a weak and boring character, Julia's part cutting in every other chapter was just an irritating interruption on Hurrem's part. I felt that Julia's character was just a way to stick a lesbian sex scene in, which, at times took completely away from the point of the whole book.Still a recommended and exciting read.
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