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adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This was obviously garbage, but I throughly enjoyed it. It was weird reading a mystery novel about an actual historical event. I knew what was going to happen but surprisingly I still got really involved and into the intrigue.
I actually found I was more caught up in the volcano mystery (Why does the water taste like sulphur? Is everybody going to die? Spoiler alert: this book is called POMPEII you figure it out) than I was about the secondary character mystery invented by the author. Maybe because I knew that the outcome didn't matter, because regardless of what the bad guys did they were all going to get buried under millions of tonnes of pumice and/or be boiled in their skins, I just never got very invested in finding out what the bad guys had actually done.
Overall, an excellent choice if you've got a pool or a beach to lounge by or if, like me, your period is hurting you so much you're unable to move and you need some gentle trash to soothe the trauma. Or if you just like historical adventure books, whatever.
I actually found I was more caught up in the volcano mystery (Why does the water taste like sulphur? Is everybody going to die? Spoiler alert: this book is called POMPEII you figure it out) than I was about the secondary character mystery invented by the author. Maybe because I knew that the outcome didn't matter, because regardless of what the bad guys did they were all going to get buried under millions of tonnes of pumice and/or be boiled in their skins, I just never got very invested in finding out what the bad guys had actually done.
Overall, an excellent choice if you've got a pool or a beach to lounge by or if, like me, your period is hurting you so much you're unable to move and you need some gentle trash to soothe the trauma. Or if you just like historical adventure books, whatever.