Declare: A Novel

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Pros

Powers uses well-crafted flashback scenes to create his secret history and spiritual thriller. He finds some living but none sane. He trades wolfe’s bewildering aporia for an intricately crafted historical puzzle. Powers manages to work them into hist... Read More

The story itself is quite fascinating. I wanted to read it again as soon as i was finished. The ending doesn't spoil the story, it's just slightly untrue to the author's stated influences.

This book requires some dedication on the reader's part, at 500+ pages, but the payoff is worth it. What an amazing feat. Job 38:4 is one of the very few books i re-read every year or so.

Powers' complex and very deliberately structured plot slowly unveils these entangled characters. The multiple story lines converge admirably at a compelling contemporary *. We find out a lot of things near the beginning that happen near the end but ha... Read More

Andrew hale, elena teresa ceniza-bendiga, and kim philby are the book's central characters. Hale is a former british spy who finds himself drawn back into the shadowy world of a former operation gone bad. Elena is a strong character because hale-who h... Read More

Cons

What declare lacks in entertainment it compensates for it's ability to put me to sleep. It's a cheap trick which comes across as presumptuous. All emotional attempts seem contrived and two dimensional.

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Quality

Book 1 deals firmly with the characters and introduces a few supernatural elements - nothing to distract you from a ripping ww2... Read More

Starting with the astonishing figure of kim philby, powers goes whole-hawg into the world of wwii and cold war espionage.

The story is rooted in real history, but my ignorance of the subjects it covers means i likely didn't get as much enjoyment out... Read More

The religious message of the book is linked with the political message: for powers, at the heart of communism lies a rebellion against god.

Competitiveness

Russia in the early 20th century,and the dark and twisty dealings of east and west in the post-war world you've got to read this.

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This product had a total of 686 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 9 2023.