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renalin 's review for:
The Book of Two Ways
by Jodi Picoult
it's really ballsy to write a book about Egyptology PhD students because it means you have to have the same level of knowledge about Egyptology as... Egyptology PhD students. but it seems Picoult had the necessary resources and connections to do so, and—more importantly—put in the requisite amount of time researching. i'm not an expert on Egyptology, like at all, but i think it was handled in a really intellectual way. it's clear just from reading the novel how much time she put into it. so that was, i think, one of the best parts of the book and allowed me to give myself over to her world more easily. i also really like her characters, especially Brian and Meret, who are vastly interesting and very good people. Brian is definitely better than me because i would've been far angrier at Dawn, imo. finally, Picoult's prose is also beautiful, which means i can safely say i am willing to read more from her.
all the qualms i had with this book were fairly minor, enough to knock it down to a 4 but not much further. this was a great read!
all the qualms i had with this book were fairly minor, enough to knock it down to a 4 but not much further. this was a great read!