Title: Another NY Times Hype Job
Product review: Whenever I read a rave review in the NY Times, the first thing I say to myself is that there's a 50-50 chance this book will live up to the hype. Lord, was this boring and pretentious. Another tedious attempt at "I am smarter than thou." More and more, I am scanning the Amazon.com reviews to hear what real readers think. I found two readers who were touting Robert Harris' Pompeii and 1906, an epic based on the great San Francisco earthquake by James Dalessandro. The previous is wonderful, the latter is the most thrilling, page turning read I have found all year. Let me jump on the band wagon of people who love powerful, colorful, complex historical fiction and say Pompeii and 1906, particularly the latter, are the year's best books. Could not put them down. If you must, borrow this book from a friend and judge for yourself. Then give 1906 and Pompeii a read.
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