Title: Interesting subject, one dimensional writing
Product review: I was hoping for much more from this book. Well-written historical fiction can be a delightful read, but this isn't it. I don't think you can blame it on the translation; it's really not a close call. The characters are flat and one dimensional, the interplay between them is alternately stiff and sophomoric, and the story is riddled with cliches. In places, it almost reads like a children's book. Jacq apparently is an egyptologist, but this book doesn't inspire confidence in the accuracy of its historical foundation. I don't give it the lowest possible rating because it is based on an interesting subject and on those occasions when the reader wishes to switch off his/her critical faculties (e.g., on a plane or at the beach) it may be a pleasant diversion.
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