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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
adventurous
informative
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Interesting story, but not particularly well written. At times, Harris uses words that seem out of place -- such "high falutin" -- in a novel set in Ancient Rome.
As is Harris’s way, this is solidly researched and fleshes out the history; but it was a little pedestrian at times — probably because it was about a lawyer! Had Cicero been more a Rumpole, it might have been a better read.
The tag to this novel is what would Cierco do. It’s not bad, and I think listening to it was the better choice for me.
This was an interesting journey into historical fiction. The life of Cicero, his contemporaries and most interesting, the form of government during the Roman Empire. If you like this time period this is a good one.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I have been looking at this title at bookshops and libraries and carefully avoiding it - my mistaken impression that it was part of the historical novel series by Robert Graves!! Sometime a month ago I picked up Fatherland by Robert Harris and was hooked.
Imperium gripped me from beginning to end - Cicero may be to historians, philosophers but was a stranger to me. His character and the politics of republican Rome are fascinating in that the essence of the interplay between power, influence and money is till the same in today's democracies.
A "must" read.
Imperium gripped me from beginning to end - Cicero may be to historians, philosophers but was a stranger to me. His character and the politics of republican Rome are fascinating in that the essence of the interplay between power, influence and money is till the same in today's democracies.
A "must" read.
An exciting tale of Cicero’s rise to fame as a Consul in the Roman Republic recounted by his slave and personal secretary Tiro. We probably owe the records of Cicero’s innumerable speeches to the latter’s invention of shorthand with which he took down the words of public speakers. I am not familiar enough with the history of the period to be able to distinguish where Harris departs from known facts, although obviously many of the more personal incidents and perhaps even some of the motivations are imagined. But this is done seamlessly and the result is a gripping novel which whets one’s appetite for the sequels.
challenging
funny
informative
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Waiting is not great, but catchy plot.