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A review by bookwormbea
Across Ancient Sands: Uncovering a Bronze Age journey around the Mediterranean Sea by Eric Horn
2.0
I'm not going to lie, I really struggled with this book. It was quite confusing as to whether it was meant to be fiction or not and wasn't exactly my kind of read. So it's hard to know how to rate it.
The idea of an archaeological mystery novel did pique my interest as I love mysteries and enjoy history based from time to time. It was clearly very well researched and very technical, which I expect would be enjoyed by someone who is interested in this sort of genre. However, the beginning of the story ended up straying too far into the technical that it lost the promise of a good story. And while the author did attempt to write in character development and relationships, because these elements weren't a key part of the first half, they happened all of a sudden and seemed like an afterthought.
The first half and the second half of the book really didn't seem to match up and I feel as though you would really have to enjoy this specifics of archaeology and history to get much out of this book. However, there definitely seems to be an audience for this and I think that's great! I'm just not part of it.
I have read and reviewed this book at the request of the author.
The idea of an archaeological mystery novel did pique my interest as I love mysteries and enjoy history based from time to time. It was clearly very well researched and very technical, which I expect would be enjoyed by someone who is interested in this sort of genre. However, the beginning of the story ended up straying too far into the technical that it lost the promise of a good story. And while the author did attempt to write in character development and relationships, because these elements weren't a key part of the first half, they happened all of a sudden and seemed like an afterthought.
The first half and the second half of the book really didn't seem to match up and I feel as though you would really have to enjoy this specifics of archaeology and history to get much out of this book. However, there definitely seems to be an audience for this and I think that's great! I'm just not part of it.
I have read and reviewed this book at the request of the author.