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Title: Worst book I've ever read!
Review: I don't know who the target is for books like this, but I found it painfully bad. As a student of Irish history, I can tell you this book is not only poorly written but historically inaccurate. Not that perfect accuracy should be the goal of a fiction writer, but how about making an attempt at being accurate as well as entertaining? The book rambles on and on with little motivation for the character's actions or substance in the writing. Some of the passages are just laugh-out-loud ridiculous."His face looked like a linen napkin" Really? What does that mean? It was in someone's lap? It was covered in gravy?The author makes use of (often misspelled) Gaelic words throughout, but doesn't include a glossary. Are we supposed to be impressed? It just makes the sentences awkward.Avoid this book at all costs.If you want authentic, well-written historical fiction, stick with Pressfield or Rutherford. I just wish I'd read this one first before I'd ordered more by the same author.
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