A review by dilchh
Fatherland (20th anniversary edition) by Robert Harris

4.0

My first Robert Harris book was actually The Ghost, which happens to be his sixth book. I was mesmerised by the story and I really didn’t expect that ending and the plot twist! But, hey, I’m not here to talk about The Ghost, I’m here to talk about Fatherland. But, see, the problem is that the moment I read Fatherland and was introduced to Xavier March, I automatically felt a certain familiar feeling. As the story progresses and I start to feel that March is sniffing into things bigger than he could handle, I immediately was reminded of our nameless narrator from The Ghost. That being said, my whole outlook towards Fatherland just shifted from, “oh this seems to be quite an interesting story“, into “oh dear what have I gotten myself into? I’m bloody scared for March now.”

This is such an amazing story telling, one minute you’re scared half to death, and the next you’re feeling an amazing adrenaline rush for March’s investigation and race against the time. But, what’s amazing is that this is not just a story about killing and finding the bad guy, this is also about politics, about being lost, about not feeling like you belong to where you are currently. It’s amazing in the way that I had a hard time finishing the book because I was scared shitless.