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3.5
I want to quote V. Gingerich's wonderful review because it says it all.
"The Curse of the Pharaohs is all about voice: Amelia Peabody’s voice. This detective, Egyptologist, and mother of one narrates with wit and humor, puncturing Victorian decorum with her steel-tipped parasol, amazing the reader with her (sometimes stupid) bravery and her unique way of both adoring and defying her Egyptologist husband."
"Elizabeth Peters is Agatha Christie in an ancient Egyptian wig and headdress. Same train ...more
I want to quote V. Gingerich's wonderful review because it says it all.
"The Curse of the Pharaohs is all about voice: Amelia Peabody’s voice. This detective, Egyptologist, and mother of one narrates with wit and humor, puncturing Victorian decorum with her steel-tipped parasol, amazing the reader with her (sometimes stupid) bravery and her unique way of both adoring and defying her Egyptologist husband."
"Elizabeth Peters is Agatha Christie in an ancient Egyptian wig and headdress. Same train ...more
The second Amelia Peabody mystery takes place some years after the first. Amelia is now married to Emerson and they have a young son, Ramses. Meanwhile, Emerson’s brother, Walter, is married to Evelyn and they are happily filling their nursery. However, although Emerson is besotted with the precocious Ramses, both he and Amelia are somewhat bored.
Amelia is following a newspaper story about passionate Egyptologist Lord Henry Baskerville; cursed as he opened a tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Two ...more
Amelia is following a newspaper story about passionate Egyptologist Lord Henry Baskerville; cursed as he opened a tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Two ...more
I always feel let down when I read this book right after the first one. It's still a good mystery, and I can enjoy Amelia's strong voice, but it lacks so much of what I love in the first installment. For one thing, I don't find this book as amusing and fun as the first was. And I really miss that tight circle of Amelia and her three cohorts who battle it out against unknown forces through most of the first. Then, because this book comes second it doesn't feel as creative or surprising as the fir
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I read the first book in this series and enjoyed it but never felt compelled to try the second book. After reading how much other people liked the series I decided to give it another try. It fits a lot of the categories that I enjoy in books - historical, English, cozy mystery.
The pros:
*Fantastic audiobook narrator
*Once the annoying little precocious kid with the cutie cutie speech impediment that I detested was out of the story it moved along great
*Amelia is sassy and funny and even when she's ...more
The pros:
*Fantastic audiobook narrator
*Once the annoying little precocious kid with the cutie cutie speech impediment that I detested was out of the story it moved along great
*Amelia is sassy and funny and even when she's ...more
The second book in the Amelia Peabody series proves to have the same recipe of adventuresome mystery as the first. Now married to the surly Radcliffe Emerson, Amelia has not lost her zeal for Egyptology even though is mother to a precocious toddler nicknamed Ramses.
While the plot of the second book is bit more frenetic, and at times overdone, it is still a fine read, splendid with detail and crackling dialogue.
Verdict: continue on with the series.
While the plot of the second book is bit more frenetic, and at times overdone, it is still a fine read, splendid with detail and crackling dialogue.
Verdict: continue on with the series.
Sep 24, 2017
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Ariana Ochoa
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