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A review by alykat_reads
The Quest by Wilbur Smith
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
I really liked that the author included a map of the area because I referred to it so many times throughout the book.
This was a long one. There were quite a few spots where the story lagged and I had to push through. About 11 years pass throughout this novel, but time passage wasn't consistent. There would be battles that would be big sections (that didn't particularly add to the story, just described people being killed) covering a time period of a couple days; then the story would skip ahead a couple years within a few paragraphs. Some of the stuff that got drawn out felt unnecessary, and shaving off 200 pages of this would have made for a more enjoyable, faster-paced read.I was also disappointed that the first 600 pages is this journey to defeat Eos, and all this build up of how difficult it would be to defeat her; yet her defeat was summed up on 2 pages. And what defeated her was just him basically having sex with her and 'sucking out her soul & knowledge' during sex. That was the big thing to defeat her? A huge let down for sure. Kinda cool she turned into a huge, stinky bug though. .
I'm kind of curious about the before (this is #4 in the series) and the after of these characters and the land, so may or may not decide to pick up other books in this series. Ancient Egypt itself is fascinating to me, similar to Greek mythology, and even more so since I've been to Egypt.
This was a long one. There were quite a few spots where the story lagged and I had to push through. About 11 years pass throughout this novel, but time passage wasn't consistent. There would be battles that would be big sections (that didn't particularly add to the story, just described people being killed) covering a time period of a couple days; then the story would skip ahead a couple years within a few paragraphs. Some of the stuff that got drawn out felt unnecessary, and shaving off 200 pages of this would have made for a more enjoyable, faster-paced read.
I'm kind of curious about the before (this is #4 in the series) and the after of these characters and the land, so may or may not decide to pick up other books in this series. Ancient Egypt itself is fascinating to me, similar to Greek mythology, and even more so since I've been to Egypt.