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A review by vermidian
Napoleon's Pyramids by William Dietrich
Did not finish book. Stopped at 11%.
This is a review of someone who did not finish the book. In fact, I quit at the start of chapter three.
This had the fatal flaw of telling me about all of these cool things in Ethan's past, rather than showing us. It also waxes poetic about the noble society of the freemasons. I expected some of this, as it was on the dustjacket summary, but it was nearly constant. It depends on stereotypes and allowing the main character to brush elbows with multiple prominent historical figures to sell the story. I've seen it be done well, but it just felt tacky to me. It had all the aspirations of being a fun action adventure - and it might have been if it had just stuck to the present rather than regularly devolving into explaining every aspect of the world. I almost liked the character, but it felt like I was getting half plot and half a pitch to join the masons.
It might get better, but I'm not going to force myself to read this book.
This had the fatal flaw of telling me about all of these cool things in Ethan's past, rather than showing us. It also waxes poetic about the noble society of the freemasons. I expected some of this, as it was on the dustjacket summary, but it was nearly constant. It depends on stereotypes and allowing the main character to brush elbows with multiple prominent historical figures to sell the story. I've seen it be done well, but it just felt tacky to me. It had all the aspirations of being a fun action adventure - and it might have been if it had just stuck to the present rather than regularly devolving into explaining every aspect of the world. I almost liked the character, but it felt like I was getting half plot and half a pitch to join the masons.
It might get better, but I'm not going to force myself to read this book.