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The Murder of King Tut: The Plot to Kill the Child King - A Nonfiction Thriller
by James Patterson, Martin Dugard
Laugh out loud bad.
I'm not an Egyptian scholar by any means so I can't comment on the accuracy of much in here, but reading the numerous reviews calling him out for bad data does grind my gears, because the cover claims this is nonfiction, as does Patterson's author's note.
BUT I do read a lot so I feel perfectly justified in shredding this on its overwhelming lack of quality.
Page 73 Howard Carter is describing Queen Hatshepsut: "Carter knew that Hatshepsut had once been deeply in love, for she was a queen before she was a pharaoh." Uh . . . bruh. Are you trying to tell me that in a time where women were property, you really believe she loved her husband with no evidence? You're a moron.
Page 106, Nefertiti (for no reason other than Patterson's complete disinterest in women's agency) is acting sad about her husband's death, and then proceeds to wax poetic about his "marvelous and eccentric brain" that the mummifiers were going to remove. Even I know that the Egyptians believed that the brain was worthless and that's why they removed it. Bad writing and clear lack of research.
Page 111 our good buddy James Patterson (who is so exceedingly vain that he is one of the three storylines) is walking along Donald Trump's golf course and says it's his favorite golf course in the world. Yeesh. Did not age well.
And lastly,
Not worth the paper it was printed on.
I'm not an Egyptian scholar by any means so I can't comment on the accuracy of much in here, but reading the numerous reviews calling him out for bad data does grind my gears, because the cover claims this is nonfiction, as does Patterson's author's note.
BUT I do read a lot so I feel perfectly justified in shredding this on its overwhelming lack of quality.
Page 73 Howard Carter is describing Queen Hatshepsut: "Carter knew that Hatshepsut had once been deeply in love, for she was a queen before she was a pharaoh." Uh . . . bruh. Are you trying to tell me that in a time where women were property, you really believe she loved her husband with no evidence? You're a moron.
Page 106, Nefertiti (for no reason other than Patterson's complete disinterest in women's agency) is acting sad about her husband's death, and then proceeds to wax poetic about his "marvelous and eccentric brain" that the mummifiers were going to remove. Even I know that the Egyptians believed that the brain was worthless and that's why they removed it. Bad writing and clear lack of research.
Page 111 our good buddy James Patterson (who is so exceedingly vain that he is one of the three storylines) is walking along Donald Trump's golf course and says it's his favorite golf course in the world. Yeesh. Did not age well.
And lastly,
Spoiler
Patterson declares that he alone was smart enough to figure out that Tut was murdered by a ne'er-do-well hired by Aye, but his loving wife and General were equally to blame. Um . . . what? This completely disregards all scientific evidence, which would be absolutely fine if he didn't claim this was nonfiction.Not worth the paper it was printed on.