spacewhombus 's review for:

She by H. Rider Haggard
3.0

This was written in the late 1800s so has a lot of “casual” racism and sexism, and could never get more than three stars from me for that alone because that stuff is dreadful to read.

But the plot was interesting and added a supernatural element to a classic adventure tale. Some reviews mention that they found the pace too slow but I found it was fine for me. It was easy to imagine the places they visited, and the whole book had a kind of National Treasure adventure vibe because of the historical links.