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A review by sometimesleelynnreads
Children of Sinai: Following your dreams can change not only your life, but the future of the Human race. by Shelley Clarke
3.0
Disclaimer: I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you to Rachel’s Random Resources and Shelley Clarke for this free copy. All quotes in this review are taken from the Advanced Reader Copy and may change in final publication.
I always love stories that have some aspect of Egyptian history and mythology involved, and I’m so glad that this one did! It’s also really cool to see how an author will combine the modern day world with the ancient world, and I think that Clarke did a great job of making it feel believable. Reading the beginning parts of it, it was interesting to see how John and his wife Jen’s passions really complemented one another even before they ended up falling in love.
One of the things that I’m a little iffy about – only because it’s my own personal preference, not necessarily a fault with the book at all! – was that Jen stopped with her career and passion once she got pregnant. She said something like it was her destiny to be a mom, even though they were being careful with their contraception and all that. Knowing what my mom had to go through when she was pregnant with me, and how she didn’t stop her career and graduating from college after she had me, I feel like why not have both? I don’t know. That’s just me and probably why I don’t have kids. I like that her having the twins didn’t stop her from eventually going back to her goals, at least!
I think that readers that have enjoy reading about ancient history and seeing how it affects the present will enjoy this book. It was pretty fast paced for the most part, and I definitely felt like I was on a journey with John. I liked the instances where the past and the present seemed to follow a similar timeline, almost like a prophecy was being fulfilled again and history was repeating itself. It was really cool!
I always love stories that have some aspect of Egyptian history and mythology involved, and I’m so glad that this one did! It’s also really cool to see how an author will combine the modern day world with the ancient world, and I think that Clarke did a great job of making it feel believable. Reading the beginning parts of it, it was interesting to see how John and his wife Jen’s passions really complemented one another even before they ended up falling in love.
One of the things that I’m a little iffy about – only because it’s my own personal preference, not necessarily a fault with the book at all! – was that Jen stopped with her career and passion once she got pregnant. She said something like it was her destiny to be a mom, even though they were being careful with their contraception and all that. Knowing what my mom had to go through when she was pregnant with me, and how she didn’t stop her career and graduating from college after she had me, I feel like why not have both? I don’t know. That’s just me and probably why I don’t have kids. I like that her having the twins didn’t stop her from eventually going back to her goals, at least!
I think that readers that have enjoy reading about ancient history and seeing how it affects the present will enjoy this book. It was pretty fast paced for the most part, and I definitely felt like I was on a journey with John. I liked the instances where the past and the present seemed to follow a similar timeline, almost like a prophecy was being fulfilled again and history was repeating itself. It was really cool!