Reviews

1066 Turned Upside Down by Anna Belfrage, Annie Whitehead, Helen Hollick, Richard Dee, Joanna Courtney, Eliza Redgold, Alison Morton, G.K. Holloway, Carol McGrath

captlychee's review against another edition

3.0

Competent

The stories, except for Anne Morton's, show plausible alterations to history, but only one explores the world created when 2066 is turned upside down. They are readable but don't have huge literary flsir. This is a book you can kill a bit of time with, but it won't Rick your world.

mmehdi_auteur's review

adventurous challenging informative fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

mazza57's review

3.0

This a history of the year 1066 where each author takes an event of the year and changes the outcome to allow Harold to survive and reign. As with many short stories i like some and not others. The best was in fact that most improbably were a student from the future time travels to the past to alter the outcome. I wanted more continuity perhaps it would have been better if each author carried forward the smaller changes to create a whole new continuous narrative

bristoni74's review

3.0

3.5 stars. I really loved the premise of this book and it was a lot of fun. Yes, some of the writing was better than others but I liked the format with an introduction before each short story with the actual historical events and then the alternative story, followed by an authors note and discussion questions.

Some of the stories were really interesting - like if Harold Hardrada and Tostig hadn't lost at Stamford Bridge, Harold had been killed in that battle and Harold Hardrada was King of England (after he defeated William in the South!).