A review by amandainthelibrary
The Collector's Daughter: A Novel of the Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb by Gill Paul

3.0

I tried really hard to love this book because I thought that it could be a really interesting story about the discovery of King Tut’s tomb. I was left disappointed. The story bounced back and forth, in my opinion, erratically between the past and the main characters present life. I was hoping for greater detail and focus on the discovery of Tut’s tomb and the events that followed because I felt like that was what the book initially promised. Many of the characters were not very fleshed out, and seemed to be inserted into the story without any real value. This is especially true about the character named Ana. I felt like she didn’t serve any real purpose other than to show up out of the blue to harass a poor old woman recovering from a stroke. Ana’s backstory didn’t have any real value, and the main characters memories/present day struggle could have been used in a way that would have kept the focus on the tombs discovery. Again this could have been a great book and more interesting if the story focused more on the past.