Carrie's review
The Hippopotamus Pool: An Amelia Peabody Mystery (Book 8)
by Elizabeth Peters
Carrie- I found Elizabeth Peters books annoying they make me cringe! I love her ideas but ugh its painful and not worth it!!
Good, I'm not the only one! I feel like a snob, but it's true...I just can't read her.
Carrie's review
The Hippopotamus Pool: An Amelia Peabody Mystery (Book 8) by Elizabeth Peters
Carrie's review
rating:
bookshelves:
scifi-fantasy
recommended for: people who enjoy fluff and don't mind bad writing...and that's ok
One of my friends says that a story is a forest and the writing is the path. No matter how pretty the forest is, you won't enjoy it if you stumble over a rock or a branch every few moments.
If that's so, this book has some of the rockiest writing I've ever seen - I couldn't even get through it. The attempts at Victorian dialogue are painful and overdone, and I never want to see a pause expressed by "er.." again.
If that's so, this book has some of the rockiest writing I've ever seen - I couldn't even get through it. The attempts at Victorian dialogue are painful and overdone, and I never want to see a pause expressed by "er.." again.
Carrie- I found Elizabeth Peters books annoying they make me cringe! I love her ideas but ugh its painful and not worth it!!
Good, I'm not the only one! I feel like a snob, but it's true...I just can't read her.