Tuesday, August 11, 2015

"Luther and Katharina" Book Review

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Luther and Katharina Book Review
I absolutely loved this book. Everything about it was superb. It was written beautifully and drew me in from the first chapter.
Honestly, I was thinking this book was not going to be that good. But it sure did impress me. Since it is a historical book I thought it would be very stuffy and boring. But it was the complete opposite. It had great historical aspects and kept my attention throughout. It felt like you were right in the midst of the story unfolding.
I have never read anything like this or in this time period. So I was kind of uncertain about it. I know as much about Martian Luther as the next guy. So I was intrigued to see how she would portray him and his character. Since most of the characters in the book were real, there must have been some pressure in perfecting it. I think she did a beautiful job. I really got a sense of who Martian Luther was. He wasn’t just an old monk that rebelled against the church. He was a human with real feeling and went through tremendous trails. I never realized how much persecution him and his family endured. It was very eye opening.
When I was finished reading this book, I made sure to read the author’s notes. I’m glad I did. In the notes it said that that most of what happened in the book really took place. I really appreciate that aspect of this book. It makes it ten times more enjoyable to know what you’re reading really took place. I could really feel the effort and research that went into writing this book. I highly recommend this book to anyone that enjoys a great historical book. There’s nothing I would change about it, it was perfect. I give it 5 out of 5 stars.
I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.

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