The Web of Humanity by Maria Turchin – Review by Jennifer Gordon

The Web of Humanity: A Novel by Maria Turchin
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This novel had me hooked from start to finish and the author took me on an epic, emotional rollercoaster of a journey which I have kept thinking about long after I finished the last page. Due to Turchin’s wonderfully written and detailed descriptive narrative I felt that I was alongside the main character, Anna as she embarked on her adventure. The storyline flows well and the numerous plot twists kept me gripped throughout this intriguing and original novel.

The authors obvious immense research shines through in the historical details making the time period of the story really come alive along with the various different settings, adding to the feeling of being immersed in the story and being there with Anna. Anna Venu of Arizona has to use her traits of being cunning, perceptive, and witty to survive the journey she finds herself on having accidentally discovered a very surprising family secret. Anna’s thrilling and sometimes scary adventure sees her crossing Vienna, Paris, and Berlin in the hope that she can unravel a mystery that takes her back to the final days of WWII. However, Anna soon finds herself involved in a modern day European political conspiracy and when she becomes a target she is determined to not only survive but to also uncover the truth that she set out to find.

“Told in a unique storytelling style, this book stretches across several generations and time periods”, which kept me reading late into the night. Despite this novel being fairly long I found I had read it in no time at all as I literally could not put it down. I fell in love with Anna and thought she was an amazing main character who really bought the whole story together and I felt engaged with her, and almost like I knew her as her character was so well defined. This was a very different novel to read and much more than an historical novel about WWII, the author definitely gets the reader thinking whilst reading. I definitely recommend this enjoyable and engaging novel and I look forward to reading future books by Maria Turchin.

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