Vance Miguel Johnson’s Reviews > A History of the Big House: A Novel > Status Update
Vance Miguel Johnson
is on page 210 of 400
Hmmm, what did I want from this book in the first place? The end of chapter 11 feels like a rip off of the Godfather, a story that I don’t really care for in the first place. Also, what? This is going to be a situation where Wakim is framed because he agreed to work with Sunnites? Talk about a narrative reinforcing sectarian prejudices…
— Dec 12, 2025 06:54AM
Like flag
Vance Miguel’s Previous Updates
Vance Miguel Johnson
is on page 362 of 400
Okay… Charif has added in a whore-complex character without a confirmed name. Better yet, one of the characters presented as the most trustworthy source is being misogynistic in description. And then the thoughts that Charif writes for Farid are adjacent to rape culture… Majdalani has been a let down.
— Feb 09, 2026 06:28AM
Vance Miguel Johnson
is on page 352 of 400
I definitely did not predict that book’s final chapter would focus on the financial follies of Farid… it’s somewhat interesting.
— Feb 06, 2026 06:39AM
Vance Miguel Johnson
is on page 298 of 400
I think it’s pretty disappointing that this great escape feels so boring… maybe it wouldn’t, if I felt like the narrator wasn’t so bad at filtering through important details from the unnecessary
— Jan 28, 2026 12:06PM
Vance Miguel Johnson
is on page 272 of 400
Charif… please, buddy, you’re killing me with these long drawn out segments…
— Jan 23, 2026 09:31AM
Vance Miguel Johnson
is on page 256 of 400
Wow, the last five pages had a lot of interesting bits. 1) Djemal Pasha’s failed pre-WWI attempt to win over French political support to get himself into a high office within the Ottoman Empire, being unsatisfied with his Syrian Viceroyship. 2) The acknowledgment of American evangelical missionaries in Lebanon even after WWI had officially begun.
— Jan 21, 2026 07:39AM
