Review: Historical fawesomeness: yes, please!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 19, 2014
Just to give you fair warning, you're going to often see the word "love" or some variation thereof as you merrily prance through this review. Don't say I didn't give thee advanced notice.I love Curtis and da Silva.I love the mystery.I love the unexpected (on their parts, anyway) collisions between these two men.I love the dialogue.Some of my favorite ingredients to a great story have I just listed here. Bonus: it's set in 1904 England, which doesn't come around these here parts very often. Historical fawesomeness.Charles' writing is spot on. Fluid. Assured. Both structurally and esthetically pleasing and at high levels, mind you. Simply put, it's a joy to read.Curtis and da Silva are both revealed in personality and motivation at realistic speeds. Their mutual hesitation, curiosity and quick wits grow organically. I feel like a food metaphor is needed rightchere.Anyway, they come from different places in terms of life experiences, families, status and talents. What unavoidably attracts each one to the other are shared levels of intelligence, bald determination and passion. For everything and possibly even each other.We've been shown what feels to be just the beginning for these two men and yet this book is a complete story. The ending is a true ending but there is much more to learn, so much more to come for Mr. Daniel da Silva and Mr. Archie Curtis. I just grinned at the thought. :)