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Amy is 75% done

Hard to tell what is fact and what is the authors opinion. No references for the many dialogues between people. I can only assume they have been expanded on by the author to make the story entertaining. Where there are in-text references, it's for large sections of text but without any analysis of debate.

— Jan 07, 2023 04:48AM

Rasputin and his Russian Queen: The True Story of Grigory and Alexandra

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Amy is 75% done

mentions to shrugging, kissing on foreheads, and squeezing hands... How does he know this?? No reference to a source to say this actually happened.

— Jan 07, 2023 05:15AM

Amy is 75% done

Just double checked and it's definitely down as nonfiction, biography and history. Not sure how the author knows when a person spat something they said or smiled without seeing the references they got them from.
If it was a historical fiction novel based on real facts, I would rate the book quite highly. However, I'm not sure how it can claim to be the "true story" when there aren't in-text references or footnotes.

— Jan 07, 2023 05:07AM

Amy is 72% done

Reads like a story rather than an academic book. Not much analysis. Quotes from other sources seem to be used to provide the authors point of view only.

— Jan 07, 2023 02:23AM