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Egipcjanin Sinuhe, tom 1 by Mika Waltari

misfitnightmare's review against another edition

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slow-paced

4.0

kukkaruukku's review against another edition

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adventurous inspiring slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

_adelete_'s review against another edition

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hopeful reflective relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

hupsuhannes's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

heivain's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

3.25

perde99's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

edlin314's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging inspiring reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Very long but felt like an adventure/journey. Glad I got through this because I think I did gain some valuable insights on life.

talsai's review against another edition

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5.0

When I finished this book about ten years ago, I felt I had read the book of my life. I'll have to get back to it see how it holds up.

martin_books's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

kate_is_moody's review against another edition

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4.0

English + Russian
"Sinuhe the Egyptian" took me a while. I was getting used to the writing style for about 100 pages because the language here is completely different from everything I've read lately.
When I started feeling comfortable with the style I realized that I also got used to the main character Sinuhe. It's easy to follow his life events, his ups, and downs, get acquainted with his friends and strangers on ancients streets. Sinuhe grows up, matures, studies, makes mistakes, falls in love, and loses people and as a reader, I sympathized him and hoped for the better.
I was fascinated by the historical part of the book. I couldn't stop checking out cities Ahetaton, Ахетатон, Jaffa, Babylon on Google Maps and names of actual figures, for instance, Horemheb, Ay, Suppiluliuma. I wanted to find this line between real historical events and made-up stories but it turned out to be a hard task.
There's been just one chapter which I basically skipped. It was about a war and battles, These topics are often too tedious for me to get through so I decided not to struggle.
I enjoyed this book a lot and I got to dive into the world of Ancient Egypt and pharaohs' times. Truly incredible and educational journey

"Синухе, египтянин" занял у меня довольно много времени. Около 100 страниц я привыкала к языку изложения, ведь эта книга не похожа ни на одну, которую я читала в последнее время.
Привыкнув к языку, я начала привыкать и к главному герою, Синухе, проживать с ним его жизнь, его взлёты и падения, знакомиться с его друзьями и мимолётными знакомыми. Синухе взрослеет, учится, ошибается, любит и ненавидит и ему хочется сопереживать и поддерживать.
Меня поразила историческая составляющая романа. Я постоянно гуглила упомянутые города Ахетатон, Яффа, Вавилон и имена действительно существующих личностей, как Хоремхеб, Эйе, Суппилулиума. Мне хотелось увидеть границу между вымыслом и историческими фактами.
Лишь одна из 15 глав была лично для меня довольно занудной - глава и войне и сражениях. Пожалуй, всё эти колесницы, протянутые копьями лошади и стратегии захвата земель абсолютно не моя тема.
Мне доставило огромное удовольствие выписывать цитаты, чтобы позже с их помощью вернуться в мир Древнего Египта и времена фараонов. Это было прекрасное путешествие и воистину познавательное.