A review by miker1964
A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome by Emma Southon

3.0

Oh dear. I really wanted to like this but found it irritating beyond belief. It may be that I am not the target audience but it just felt like the author was just trying that bit too hard. I guess she was trying to get down with the kids with a good smattering of ‘fucks’ and ‘shagging’ etc. but it just does not really come off and the whole attempt at being ‘yoof’ just came across as laboured. And this is a shame - at least for me - because in between the fucks and aren’t I cool opinion, there was some really interesting stuff. I guess this is Southon’s schtick and good luck to her. Unfortunately, it didn’t work for me and I won’t be back.