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Nefertiti by Michelle Moran

5 reviews

cswampy's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Religious bigotry

kyadawn's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, War, Miscarriage, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Death, Death of parent, Infertility, War, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child death, Murder, Blood, Toxic relationship, Incest, and Medical content

jhbandcats's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I have always been intrigued with Ancient Egypt and really wanted to love this book. It was really hard to do so because (1) the story of Nefertiti is told by her sister Mutnodjmet and (2) Nefertiti and her husband, Pharoah
Akhenaten, are both horrible people. Because of the narration, there's too much distance between the two
sisters.

The story opens when Nefertiti is 15 and Mutnodjmet is 13, and ends about sixteen years later at the end of Nefertiti’s reign. During that time we learn a lot about Egyptian architecture, art, clothing, food, and transportation, so the book is a wealth of information. The setting is absolutely fascinating and I loved reading about this culture that was a lot like our own. I just wish it'd been more enjoyable to read about the main characters.

I plan to read Moran's next two books, Heretic Queen, about Mutnodjmet's daughter Nefertari, and Cleopatra's Daughter, about what happened to Antony and Cleopatra's children after their parents committed suicide and they were taken to Rome.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Classism, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

laurajeangrace's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Incest

Minor: Abortion and Domestic abuse

adriennne's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Abortion, Blood, Murder, and Mental illness