You know, Philia, I'm not even sure why I don't like it. Maybe it's for the reasons others mention below--when it has characters who don't behave realistically in their time period or don't have the *mindset* of their time period. Maybe it's because so many of them feature the details of the past in a way that's always there, in my face, distracting me from the action. I'm fascinated by the Civil War but hate it when the details of the battles, or whatever, bring the plot to a halt. It could be that many of the plots are bleak--characters overcoming the event the book revolves around, like war, disease, oppression. That's probably the main reason.
Or, maybe I don't actually dislike historical fiction at all, only poorly written historical fiction. Then, when I read a good one I'm always pleasantly surprised.
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 3/2/08 04:15 pm (UTC)Or, maybe I don't actually dislike historical fiction at all, only poorly written historical fiction. Then, when I read a good one I'm always pleasantly surprised.