Dreamers of the Day: A Novel
by Mary Doria Russell
Book Summary Information
Author: Mary Doria RussellEdition: Hardcover
Published: 2008-03-11
ISBN: 1400064716
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Random House
Book Reviews of Dreamers of the Day: A Novel
Book Review: a disappointment
Summary: 1 Stars
Having read and really enjoyed the author's previous three books (A Thread of Grace, The Sparrow and The Children of God), I was eager to dive into this one. But what a disappointment! "Dreamers ..." seems to have been written by another person. I thought I was going to experience a sensitive handling of complex Middle Eastern political history but there is no depth in this story: a 1920s American spinster takes off on a romantic trip to Egypt with her silly dachshund, whose exploits are described in detail, including its frequent crapping in inconvenient places. The woman gets entangled in a pseudo love affair with a married German spy, but doesn't care and enjoys it anyway. It's like a story out of "Grazia"!. The book reads like a superficial travelogue and the parts dealing with real historical figures like T.E. Lawrence and Winston Churchill are unbelievably bad: Churchill is a caricature, an objectional imperialist buffoon, while T.E. Lawrence, though treated sympathetically, makes little or no impression on the reader. I feel that the whole point in the book for the author was the "sermon" at the end, where she tells the reader what he/she should think about the Middle East and War in general. Come on Mary Doria Russel! What has happened to you!
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