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A review by pam2375
The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult
2.0
OH MAN, I really wanted to like this more than I did. The story of Dawn who has studied Egyptology and spent a good amount of time at dig sites in Egypt as a grad student. Then life happens and she must end her studies and head for home.
This story is told in different timelines and well, it is quite confusing at times. I was never sure if we were in a specific time period or if Dawn was reminiscing or if I had fallen asleep and was dreaming. The time warps just did not work for me.
When we are in Egypt at the dig site, the book reads like a text book. Lots of information overload and lots of Egyptian names and hieroglyphs that are hard to understand and make sense.
I could go on, but I really didn't want this review to be negative, because I did enjoy the basic story. I just did not particularly enjoy the delivery of this one.
Many thanks to Netgalley and Ballentine books for this advanced readers copy. This book is due to release in September 2020.
This story is told in different timelines and well, it is quite confusing at times. I was never sure if we were in a specific time period or if Dawn was reminiscing or if I had fallen asleep and was dreaming. The time warps just did not work for me.
When we are in Egypt at the dig site, the book reads like a text book. Lots of information overload and lots of Egyptian names and hieroglyphs that are hard to understand and make sense.
I could go on, but I really didn't want this review to be negative, because I did enjoy the basic story. I just did not particularly enjoy the delivery of this one.
Many thanks to Netgalley and Ballentine books for this advanced readers copy. This book is due to release in September 2020.