A review by erina
The Ancient Curse by Valerio Massimo Manfredi

2.0

While I liked hearing about ancient artifacts, archeology and the ins-and-outs of Italy's system of finding and working with artifacts, I found this book had flat characters and little suspense. The characters had no depth, and I did not care at all about what happened to them, and found myself confused as to why they were developing relationships with each other when no one in the book appeared to possess deep emotions. The characters, even the main one, had little to no development or personality.
Furthermore, while the plot is an interesting premise, it never grabbed my attention. Even with twenty pages left I was able to put the book down and do something else. I had no compulsion to continue to read or understand what was happening, which is about the worst thing that can be said about a book centered around a mystery.
Definite pass.