Dreamers of the Day by

6 December 2007


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ISBN: 9781400064717
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Image of Dreamers of the DayI’ve read two other books by Russell; The Sparrow, which I loved, and Children of God which was very good, but just didn’t hit me in the same way, so when Heather and Andi of Estella’s Revenge emailed their list of review books and this was on it I jumped at the chance. Unlike the other two by Russell that I’ve read this isn’t sff, it is historical fiction, but I think that the two genres have a lot in common really. They deal with worlds and societies that are unfamiliar to the reader. In this case the world is that of the early 1900s in America and Egypt, and the Cairo Conference of 1921. I’m not going to post a full review here, you’ll have to wait for the next issue of Estella’s Revenge, but I really enjoyed this book. Russell just writes so well, and I loved her narrator, I think I’ll have to revise my dislike of first person narrators as I seem to reading and enjoying so many of them lately.

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4 Responses

  1. jean pierre says:

    turn of the century (well, the one before this last one) egypt is such a cool setting! there are so many films that are set in that time and are so romantic and exciting.

  2. Heather says:

    I'm so glad you enjoyed it Fence! I can't wait to read your full review.

  3. Fence says:

    @ JP: it is a great time, so much was going on back then.

    @ Heather, it is a good book, thanks for sending it :)

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