The Kitchen Boy
by
Robert Alexander
Overall Rating: 3.5
Grip Factor: 4
Writing Style: 4
Engaging Plot: 4
Characters: 4
Satisfying End: 3
Fictional account of Russian Tzars: This book is an account of the last few days of Tzars in Russia, when they were held prisoners by the Red Army and their brutal execution. This book took me a long time to read because while reading it, I had to constantly keep reading about the exact history of events that happened in Russia. How the Tsars fell and how communism came in force. The internet is full of events describing the brutality of the Tsars at the time. This book is a work of fiction and shows an opposite view of their last few months from the angle of a little boy. Never thought such a thing could be written for events happening in recent political history.
Family held captive by the reds: All windows are covered, no one can look inside or outside. Even a single breath of fresh air can not enter. People who used to rule were submitted to meagre living and ration spaces. Eyes of the red army are everywhere and everyone is scared. How will a little boy overcome the scare and struggles and be brave enough to try and free up and save the family. Full of constant struggles and scares, the book gives an insight into the difficulties faced by the royal family put in home isolation and then at the end killed.
Mystery surrounding the actual events: The mystery surrounding the brutal murder of the last royals of Russia is talked about a lot. This book gives the perspective of the events from the eyes of a kitchen boy. The writer has humanizes the Royal family but still holds that had their actions been different, things would have been different. The ending however, is very different from where the entire book was going. The events which come forward at the end change the whole book completely.
Some Excerpts
"Whatever you spill by buckets can not picked up by a dropper"
