A review by drewanabri
River God by Wilbur Smith
2.0
I peaced out about four chapters in. The author first went out of his way to tell us how 14 year old girls are hotter than adults because they're so innocent and fresh, and then he just kept on lovingly describing the preteen girl's breasts and buttocks, in great detail, over and over, until I gave up.
On top of all that creepy, disgusting, what-the-hellness, the narrator just wasn't enjoyable to listen to. He reminded me of Ayla from Clan of the Cave Bear, magically somehow being super good at everything and inventing everything all the time, which got very old very quickly. It was hard to even get into the story because everything kept being interrupted for the narrator to brag about his inventions or explain the absolute basics of Ancient Egyptian culture to the reader.
I've always heard this was one of the best Ancient-Egyptian series out there, and I was super disappointed. It probably deserves a one star review, but it didn't feel fair to rate it so poorly when I hadn't finished it.
On top of all that creepy, disgusting, what-the-hellness, the narrator just wasn't enjoyable to listen to. He reminded me of Ayla from Clan of the Cave Bear, magically somehow being super good at everything and inventing everything all the time, which got very old very quickly. It was hard to even get into the story because everything kept being interrupted for the narrator to brag about his inventions or explain the absolute basics of Ancient Egyptian culture to the reader.
I've always heard this was one of the best Ancient-Egyptian series out there, and I was super disappointed. It probably deserves a one star review, but it didn't feel fair to rate it so poorly when I hadn't finished it.