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Title: Not Well Written
Review: "City on Fire" purports to be a work of history, but it is so poorly written that it loses whatever historical value it might have. Much of it is written in the present tense, rarely ever appropriate in a historical work. Additionally, the book contains no notes or bibliography, another major warning sign in a work of history. Given how it is constructed, one has to wonder if the author intended for his work to read like a historical novel, but it fails on that level as well.It's a pity, because the subject itself is quite interesting and deserves a much better treatment.
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