Tomb of the Golden Bird (Amelia Peabody Mysteries)
by Elizabeth Peters
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Read in January, 2008
Amelia Peabody is my hero. I have read everything Elizabeth Peters has written. Several times. I LOVE the Emersons, and when I manage to remember that they are not real people, I always regret the fact.
BUT... I found this book dreary and depressing. The family seems to be drifting apart (the demise of the extended family) and everyone is very focused on their own individual "needs" so they can be fulfilled. I reread it twice, hoping I would like it better, but I just never did. The...more
BUT... I found this book dreary and depressing. The family seems to be drifting apart (the demise of the extended family) and everyone is very focused on their own individual "needs" so they can be fulfilled. I reread it twice, hoping I would like it better, but I just never did. The...more
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Read in September, 2007
Tomb of the Golden Bird piqued my interest more than any of the recent Amelia Peabody books have because it takes place during the first season after the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb. It's a time in history that I've done a fair amount of personal research so I'm familiar with the events and the people involved. When the scenes in this novel focused on Carter, Carnarvon and the tomb, I was riveted. Elizabeth Peters (Barbara Mertz) is an Egyptologist by trade when she's not writing mystery nov...more
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Read in June, 2007
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I bought "Tomb of the Golden Bird" thinking it was a kind of Indiana Jones spinoff. Elizabeth Peters has created a series of novels developed around a reoccurring cast of characters. I'm not sure where "Tomb of the Golden Bird" fits in the series, but there are enough characters wandering in/out of the chapters that Ms. Peters felt it necessary (and she was correct) to include a "List of Characters" at the beginning of the book.
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Read in January, 2008
Possibly the last Amelia Peabody book, the tomb of the Golden Bird covers THE event in early 20th century Egyptology--the discovery of King Tut's tomb by Carter and Carnarvon. It's impossible to write the Emersons into this too closely, but Peters does a good job of mixing the Tut storyline--which really starts in The Serpent on the Crown--in with the mystery. The Tomb of the Golden Bird is much more intrigue than it is Egyptology though--which is understandable. It doesn't cover the curse, wh...more
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Read in February, 2008
Elizabeth Peters can write a really great book, and then sometimes you get what feels like a "filler." She's got to write something to keep you interested in the Emerson family, so that you'll really get into the next book, which is great. The Tomb of the Golden Bird felt like a filler book in the Emerson saga to me...we learned nothing of importance, we met no great adversary, and it actually seems like this was meant to be the wrap-up. I would've hoped for something slightly more ...more
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Read this as an audiobook at work, and as always I very much enjoyed Peters' characters and her keen understanding of the setting. Archaeology mysteries with fun, intelligent, and interesting female characters who all have plenty of their own flaws and problems? Brilliant, even though mystery novels aren't my usual cup of tea.
My one complaint in this book is that the denouement of the major plotline seems to creep up and then never feel totally resolved. Still, the rest of the book...more
My one complaint in this book is that the denouement of the major plotline seems to creep up and then never feel totally resolved. Still, the rest of the book...more
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Read in July, 2008
I found this book for $2 in the bargain bin at Barnes & Noble ... and I feel ripped off.
Since I'm looking for historical fiction about early civilizations (Aztec is amazing, and I'm anxious to read the Ramses series, assuming it's any good), I broke my own 50-page rule... If I don't like a book after 50 pages, I stop and find something else to read.
I kept trying, got to about Page 55, and gave up. I guess I'm just not a big Amelia Peabody Mystery series fan.
Since I'm looking for historical fiction about early civilizations (Aztec is amazing, and I'm anxious to read the Ramses series, assuming it's any good), I broke my own 50-page rule... If I don't like a book after 50 pages, I stop and find something else to read.
I kept trying, got to about Page 55, and gave up. I guess I'm just not a big Amelia Peabody Mystery series fan.
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Read in September, 2008
Most recent in the Amelia Peabody Egyptology mystery series. Similar to the others in the series, with the familiar cast of characters. This one dealt with the discovery of King Tut's tomb, which was interesting and led me to find photos of the artifacts described, but the action and mystery of the book was lacking. There were too few dead bodies and the threat to the family didn't ever seem genuine, so the book dragged at times.
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Read in May, 2007
This is the latest in a mystery series about a family of Egyptologists set in the late 19th/early 20th century - a time period that I always enjoy reading about. Although I find each plot (usually a murder mystery) interesting, it is really the characters and the world they live in that make these books so wonderful. I have enjoyed every novel in the series so far (and there have been many!) and I'm looking forward to reading the next one.
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Read in September, 2008
I listened to this one on CD. I just love Amelia Peabody mysteries. Most take place in Egypt, and there is always a crime of murder for Amelia to solve. She and her husband Emerson, better known as the Father of Curses, are so much fun. The reader for this book was excellent.
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Read in July, 2008
Just as the extent of one mystery is being realized, all of a sudden, another pops up! All are solved in the inestimable style of Amelia Peabody Emerson and her highly unusual family. The setting is the backdrop of a fantastic archaelogical find with which most of us are familiar. Elizabeth Peters has blended the historical facts into her ongoing fictional series. Wonderful!
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Read in March, 2008
The mood struck for a fictional account of Egyptology, so I got what I sought. Not too sure I got much more, but it was indeed cool to put myself in Luxor around the time of Tut's discovery. I wish the account had lingered more on the actual find and less on the Emerson's grandchildren, but I suppose it felt that way because I had popped into a late entry the book series.
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Read in August, 2008
I hate to say it, but some pizzazz has gone out of these books now that Ramses and Nefret are married. There's a certain same ole' same ole' about this plot, but the children of Ramses and Nefret continue to delight and I love the character of Amelia.
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I really hope this isn't the last of the Peabody books, as I for one am not satisfied with her ending with the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. There's so much more interesting to be had and experienced, at least on the Emerson's part. In any event, I really did enjoy it and it was truly a great story to end the series (if it is in fact the end).
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