Reviews

Τα μυστικά των νεκρών by Tom Harper

narniaru's review against another edition

1.0

I highly enjoyed "The Book of Secrets", while this one follows the same method of story-telling, it fell flat. The two storylines were neither interesting nor linked well enough. By the last third of the book I was hoping everyone would die and just get on with it.

christina_34's review

2.0

I usually enjoy books like this but this one was a bit boring and the story dragged a lot.

unwrappingwords's review against another edition

3.0

Intriguing for the most part, but there were points where the story seemed to drag. Harper combines the story of Abby in the modern day trying to unravel the secrets surrounding her boyfriend's death with the story of a Roman trying to unravel the secrets surrounding the death of a Bishop. On a whole, I liked it, but it did feel like there were quite a lot of characters that popped up and then just disappeared, and multiple characters that, to me, felt like they could have merged into one as they seemed to serve the same purpose. Although there was some action in the book it did feel quite slow, whereas the ending felt a little too rushed. I didn't really feel too much for the characters that did die; there wasn't really enough connection to them to feel anything.

The plot itself is enough, in parts, to keep the story moving forward, and the only thing that really lets the book down is the characters themselves. Still, I'm drawn in by the style and the use of historical and modern settings, so I will be checking out his other books.

baubau89's review against another edition

5.0

The title of the book made me think of a petty crime novel with an ultimate cliff hanger of no surprise. My mistake, really, since I have learned a lot of history all throughout the novel and the ending is so much better than expected. Though long enough, it is worth the read.