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Amelia Peabody serisindeki üçüncü ve birincisi. Amelia'yı, Emerson'ı, kediyi Bastet'i ve Mısırlı olan her şeyi çok sevdim ama henüz Ramses'ten pek emin değilim. Umarım aşağıdaki kitaplarda düzgün konuşmayı öğrenir ve böyle küçük bir zıpkın olmayı keser! Bu kitap hakkında en iyi şey, Amelia ve Emerson arasındaki diyalogdu, özellikle komploya aşırı yüklendiğini bulamadım, ama umrunda da yoktu. Kazılacak en fakir bölgelerden biriyle bırakılan Amelia, yakında her tarafa sıçrayan birkaç kötü adam ve kırmızı topçu ile başa çıkacak bir cinayet ve büyük hırsızlık bulur. Mumya filmlerinin temeli olup olmadığını kimse söyleyebilir mi? Bunca yolu karakter isimleri ve doğaları ile tesadüfler buluyordum.

"Forrest Gump" gibi bir şey ama değerli.

Bundan hoşlanacağımdan emin değildim (bu zor "Ye Olde Times Komploları" türünün bir parçası) ama eğlenceli, beş para etmez, işe yaramaz bir okuma okumuş buldum. Princeton'da gerçekleşmesi dışında. Boo!

Dizinin bu kitabı benim için yavaştı. Jessica ile kolej, oğlan ve tabii ki Marcus'la ilgileniyor. Bu yüzden dört yıldız verdim. Aksi halde iyi kitap.

söylemeye gerek yok ....

Bunu geçen hafta bitirdim. Gerçekten hayal kırıklığı yarattı; son iğrenç.

Time for a VERY belated review: I am currently reading Ace, King, Knave by Maria McCann, and unfortunately I can't help but compare it to this first of her books that I read, which I'm not sure I will ever get over. I wish I had been a Goodreads member when I read it, so that I would have had a reason to write down my thoughts on paper. I remember it being on my mind for days, probably weeks after I finished it, and it still haunts me. As well as being one of the best examples of realistic, gorgeously vivid and detailed historical fiction I ever encountered, it's one of the most powerful and disturbing works as well. A big part of the impact comes from the unique narrative voice, a 17th century man named Jacob who is probably a paranoid schizophrenic before such a definition existed- a man constantly driven and inhabited by his “dark angel.” I once read that early schizophrenics sometimes thought the voices they heard were the devil, since that fit the belief structure of the time. I think Jacob saying it is his father's voice, guiding him, then later the Devil, both leading and cursing him, is just his way of trying to make sense of the voice in an era when they had no concept of his condition. What makes the novel so dark is that Jacob is in many ways a despicable character, who does terrible things, yet it is hard not to be captivated by him, to feel for him, and to at times forget what he is capable of and root for him. In that way, the author is "beguiled" by him just like Ferris, and Caro, and others. In the ambiguous last section, as Jacob seems to be lapsing into his delusions more and more, he becomes a truly unreliable narrator, and the reader can only speculate about how much of what he sees and believes (the true identity of the woman with the baby, for example) is a trick of Jacob's mind. In my opinion, the cruel irony of Jacob’s story is that he is drawn to good/beautiful people in a very innocent way- he truly wants to love and be loved by them. But he and the "dark angel" lurking in his mind seem destined to destroy them instead, which makes him a fascinating and complex anti-hero. The other central character, Christopher Ferris, is also complicated, and a man of contradictions. He has that trait where he's drawn to save people, and there can be hubris in that, as well as goodness. I view his tragic flaw as a kind of stubborn idealism; a refusal to abandon his vision of a better world, or the good in people, even when reason dictates he should. Ferris is in some ways a progressive, rational man, but in others ignores all rationality. That said, I grew incredibly attached to his character. I would never call this book a love story; I think it is almost impossible to characterize, except as dark, visceral historical fiction. I also think it must be polarizing, a book readers might find horribly disturbing, or brilliant and haunting (or like me, both.)