A review by whathappenedtoagoodbook
Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile—57 B.C. by Kristiana Gregory

2.0

I would like to first stipulate I read this in audiobook form. First, I had a lot of problems with the narrator chosen, she was extremely unconvincing and sounded almost robotic at parts. Second, the biggest problem with the narrator was that she was very obviously at least two-three times the age of what Cleopatra was being portrayed as and her accent was very unfitting of what I expected. Onto the actual issues I had with the book. I really wanted more from this book, the epilogue was really the most interesting part to me, which is rather sad to admit. I felt this "Diary" was really lacking any real action - obviously limited historical context is available on this period in Cleopatra's life - and attempted to make up for it by being repetitive and choosing odd sections to go into extreme detail.