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Pompeii
by Robert Harris
challenging
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
I chose this for a reading challenge prompt "to read a book about a natural disaster" and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I was not familiar with the author at all but found the writing style very easy to read. I enjoyed the mix of well researched historical facts and the fictional story.
I liked the characters and the dialogue between them was engaging. I obviously knew that the end would be the eruption of Vesuvius but there was still an element of mystery that runs through the book.
The closing scenes as the volcano erupts are written really well and it paints a very vivid picture of what that may have been like for the people of Pompeii.
This is definitely an author I will read more off.
I was not familiar with the author at all but found the writing style very easy to read. I enjoyed the mix of well researched historical facts and the fictional story.
I liked the characters and the dialogue between them was engaging. I obviously knew that the end would be the eruption of Vesuvius but there was still an element of mystery that runs through the book.
The closing scenes as the volcano erupts are written really well and it paints a very vivid picture of what that may have been like for the people of Pompeii.
This is definitely an author I will read more off.