A review by spottedang11
Emperor Nero: The Splendour Before The Dark by Margaret George

1.0

I've read a few of Margaret George's books before, and I've never struggled to finish a book as much as I did with this one. Granted, the first Nero novel wasn't my favorite, either, but I figured I'd see the story all the way through. I should have just stopped at the first one. I felt like I was slowly trudging through peanut butter to get through the pages. There was more focus on Nero's love of instruments and chariot racing than anything else. Yes, he rebuilt a city, but with every paragraph about the rebuild, was another about what he wanted to do. I felt like there really wasn't much of a plot, and the pages just plodded along. Even in the end, I still wasn't jarred out of my glassy eyed state. Ah, well. I'm sure there are plenty of people who loved this book, I for one wouldn't pick it back up again.