A review by medea_jade
The Gates of Athens by Conn Iggulden

3.0

Not what I’d hoped for from this prolific author of historical fiction. I feel like he’s sort of resting on his laurels, knowing people will read. It took me so long to get into it and even longer to finish. While his story telling is still strong the character development was weak and I found myself caring little for any of them. The whole book definitely could have been fleshed out more and relationships more strongly established.

I did, however, enjoy the depictions of Athenian life and politics. If nothing else theses things are always well displayed and quite captivating.

Spoiler alert… the book ends with the main characters dog dying, which resulted in me literally throwing the book. Thumbs down to that ending.