yorkslass70's review against another edition
3.0
A pretty good read and an interesting spin on all the Da Vinci Code genre of books. Setting the story just after WW2 made a nice change as did the fact that the treasure being searched for was not biblical but was linked to Ancient Greek myths. The ending was a disappointment though.
jaxboiler's review against another edition
2.0
I tried this book based soley on the title and the cover. It was an okay story.
navayiota's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
This book was so immensely disappointing. The recurring sexism (which wasn't performed only by the characters, something I would be okay with, but was embedded in the book by the way the only female character was talked about and described as. The fetishisation and objectification of Marina, an "exotic" Greek woman with the personality of Hermione Granger, the body of the little goddess figurines which appeared in the book and the author's comparison of her to literal animals was stunningly bad in a way I wasn't prepared to deal with.) is the reason my rating is so low. I actually liked the parts when it wasn't hellbent on making me view Marina as an object. I can only imagine the amount of research needed to write this book. I found the descriptions of places, especially the caves immersive and vivid and I wished the book would take place entirely in there. I would have adored a book more intensely focused on the actual mission, cutting out all the unessessary drama between characters, sex scenes, objectification and bitchy whining that took up so many pages. Let the poor thing breathe.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, and War
Moderate: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Stalking
Minor: Alcohol
miajmu's review against another edition
3.0
A little slow at times and too much jumping from place to place, but overall a decent action-adventure thriller.
rosin1's review against another edition
2.0
Better than expected, but honestly I also had very low expectations. 2.5 starts maybe? Honestly books like these are a perfect example of why I mostly don't read male authors.
There is literally one woman in it, she is very much "not like other women", because she's a badass, who fought the Nazis, and she's definitely only in the book to look pretty, make Grant vulnerable because they're sleeping together, and to be the one everyone else can agree is suspicious.
Everything remotely related to women is extremely over sexualized and mystified, and makes me wonder if the author has ever even spoken to a woman.
And don't even get me started on the archaeology. Some of it can be excused with the book being set i the 40's, but some of it is just plain lazy writing, that could have been solved by something ad easy as opening Wikipedia.
About the only positive thing I can say about the book is that it was an interesting concept, though poorly executed, and occasionally had some very elegant sentences, mostly in descriptions of the nature.
There is literally one woman in it, she is very much "not like other women", because she's a badass, who fought the Nazis, and she's definitely only in the book to look pretty, make Grant vulnerable because they're sleeping together, and to be the one everyone else can agree is suspicious.
Everything remotely related to women is extremely over sexualized and mystified, and makes me wonder if the author has ever even spoken to a woman.
And don't even get me started on the archaeology. Some of it can be excused with the book being set i the 40's, but some of it is just plain lazy writing, that could have been solved by something ad easy as opening Wikipedia.
About the only positive thing I can say about the book is that it was an interesting concept, though poorly executed, and occasionally had some very elegant sentences, mostly in descriptions of the nature.
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