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I was a bit excited for this book. Archaeology. Mystery. Victorian era. Sassy, societal and gender role shunning protagonist. Sounded like a rip roaring adventure through pyramids with parasols.
However, all I wanted to do was smack Amelia Peabody and her smug little face with her smug little parasol. The woman was insufferable. I am all for smartarse, outspoken, sarcastic, pushing society's role for you, female protagonists. But don't give it to me coated in smug.
I struggled through the book. I ...more
However, all I wanted to do was smack Amelia Peabody and her smug little face with her smug little parasol. The woman was insufferable. I am all for smartarse, outspoken, sarcastic, pushing society's role for you, female protagonists. But don't give it to me coated in smug.
I struggled through the book. I ...more
A long time ago, I tried to read this book, and gave up after the first chapter. I am guessing that I really wasn't ready for this series as I took this one on, and discovered that I had a great time with it. In this one we are introduced to the formidable Amelia Peabody, and her friend Evelyn Forbes-Barton, and the equally intriguing Emerson brothers, Radcliffe and Walter. The story does come together as the quartet explore Tell el-Amarna, the long deserted city of Akhetaten. There's a touch of
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I'm a bit disappointed with this, though I thought I was going to launch into a new series. it's funny, Amelia is quite energetic, but the social background is not too much my type of things, and there's way too much swooning, and it was all too predictable.
BUT I had intended to listen to it narrated by Barbara Rosenblat, who is really incredible, then I goofed and I use the wrong database of our library audiobooks, and ended up with another narrator, whom I didn't fancy too much.
I realized toni ...more
BUT I had intended to listen to it narrated by Barbara Rosenblat, who is really incredible, then I goofed and I use the wrong database of our library audiobooks, and ended up with another narrator, whom I didn't fancy too much.
I realized toni ...more
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