stuedb's review
4.0
Really enjoyed it, being a Hancock fan and this being his first work of fiction I wondered how it might turn out but I really enjoyed it. I liked the way Hancock entwined the two time frames together and I thought Leoni and Ria's characters were really interesting and complemented each other very well.
The ending troubled me a little I thought it came along too fast unless he wanted to keep it open for a sequel.
Anyway enough rambling. Not sure what genre this would fit in, historical fiction it is not, fantasy it is not, sci-fi it is not but it does have elements of those three genres and I would suspect people who read those types of fiction will enjoy this.
The ending troubled me a little I thought it came along too fast unless he wanted to keep it open for a sequel.
Anyway enough rambling. Not sure what genre this would fit in, historical fiction it is not, fantasy it is not, sci-fi it is not but it does have elements of those three genres and I would suspect people who read those types of fiction will enjoy this.
jrcratsenberg's review
3.0
Ok. Whoa. Lol. What a ride. I think this is between 3-4 stars but I don’t know how to rate it because this was A LOT. I love Graham. I love his work. I was not expecting this. The action never stopped but in a way that drained me a bit probably because I didn’t finish this in one or two sittings which would have been waaay better. I kid you not each chapter left on a serious cliff-hanger. It was one awful thing after the next. I mean the worst of the worst of imaginable things that could happen to people happened. Like worse than what you are thinking haha. Holy cow. So much. I can’t even think. It took me forever and a day to read. I set it down for a week or maybe it was two and then kept trekking along. I struggled with even 50 pages left because it just never let up lol but I felt like it went nowhere. And in the end?! Wtf. Not even an ounce felt resolved. Which is fine to set up a next book but I can’t seem to find another book so I’m assuming it didn’t happen or maybe when my brain is less fried I’ll see that it’s right there ready for me to read. I never became attached to the characters. This doesn’t run like typical fiction but why should it? 90 percent of my friends I would not recommend this to, but if you like Graham and his work I think you could appreciate what he was trying to do here. Just holy graphic lol.
theatlantean's review
2.0
I tried 4 chapters... I can't say any of the characters made me want to continue reading.
But then there is also the hangover from the Intro, whatever. I can understand, with past record, why Graham Hancock would want to make a few things clear beforehand, to avoid the kind of attacks he has received for his 'non-fiction', but it does not inspire confidence whan an author feels he needs to justify the age of his heroine and a bit of politics/sentiment for some of the protagonists, but also to justify the use of dialogue, and then to not actually do what he said, looks to me like an admittance of failure before it's even started.
Hancock seems to be mistaking language with styles of speech. While it is true that 'Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs can be translated into modern English,' It is not true that style of speech is translated. When talking of Set's meeting with Osiris that led to his death, we do not say, "Osiris got his jive on. 'What now, blud?' he said to Set, who responded, 'Happenin', man?'" So the picture of the heroine on the first page is not just a translation of the dialogue and mindset of an early human, but a sassy 21st century heroine placed into a 24000 year old setting.
These may be minor points to you, but they had me walking away.
But then there is also the hangover from the Intro, whatever. I can understand, with past record, why Graham Hancock would want to make a few things clear beforehand, to avoid the kind of attacks he has received for his 'non-fiction', but it does not inspire confidence whan an author feels he needs to justify the age of his heroine and a bit of politics/sentiment for some of the protagonists, but also to justify the use of dialogue, and then to not actually do what he said, looks to me like an admittance of failure before it's even started.
Hancock seems to be mistaking language with styles of speech. While it is true that 'Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs can be translated into modern English,' It is not true that style of speech is translated. When talking of Set's meeting with Osiris that led to his death, we do not say, "Osiris got his jive on. 'What now, blud?' he said to Set, who responded, 'Happenin', man?'" So the picture of the heroine on the first page is not just a translation of the dialogue and mindset of an early human, but a sassy 21st century heroine placed into a 24000 year old setting.
These may be minor points to you, but they had me walking away.
chymerra's review
5.0
his book was fantastic. It had two parallel story lines. One taking place in modern day America and one taking place in the Stone Age. The story lines come together in the middle of the book and it just takes off from there. Will read again and I want to read the next book.
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