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hectaizani's review against another edition
2.0
Not quite as good as some of her other novels, it was harder for me to get into these characters and I didn't care for Vicky as much as I like Amelia Peabody. I'm not really sure what the difference is either. Oh, well I guess I can't always like everything an favored author has written.
mysterymanon's review against another edition
5.0
Elizabeth Peters how do you do it.
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veldhoenv's review against another edition
5.0
Sooooooo good that I stayed up much later than I should have finishing the entire thing. My favourite Vicky Bliss of the series yet.
trudecal's review against another edition
3.0
This book makes it clear that what Peters writes best about (and clearly loves to write about most) is Egypt. Vicky Bliss is a fun character but this one dragged for me. Makes a great beach read.
allisoncc's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
danielmbensen's review against another edition
4.0
Egyptologist Barbara Mertz wrote under the pseudonym Elizabeth Peters about a medieval art historian named Vicky Bliss who pretended to be an Egyptologist walking in the footsteps of Amelia Peabody Emerson, another of Mertz's characters. Egyptian revolutionaries, international antiquities smugglers, international police, Vicky's boss, Vicky's lover and his new bride, and her potential mother-in-law are all out to either get/protect her. It was fun and frantic, but everything happened for a reason. Not tangled, in fact, but densely woven.