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A review by readlovegrow
Caesar's Women by Colleen McCullough
5.0
I have a soft spot for Roman fiction, more specifically McCullough's meticulous Roman fiction. (Did you know she use to be a neurosurgeon, before she became a writer?) This novel may not have been as exciting as the previous books, but I still enjoyed it. I enjoy novels that give a voice to minority characters who fill in the background details that the storytellers of the time deemed unimportant.
I feel like maybe there was more "setting up" in this novel of the antagonism between the boni and Caesar. There was definitely lots of hinting and foreshadowing of the fact that Caesar would do anything to protect his dignitas and to show that there's a wildness to his anger when provoked. Also, the development of Cicero was not what I expected. I was intrigued by the author's explanation in the back that, although well thought of today, many of Cicero's contemporaries didn't really like him. I also enjoyed reading about the Vestals and their part in keeping the Wills of the Romans. I didn't know about that.
Overall, I really enjoyed it.
I feel like maybe there was more "setting up" in this novel of the antagonism between the boni and Caesar. There was definitely lots of hinting and foreshadowing of the fact that Caesar would do anything to protect his dignitas and to show that there's a wildness to his anger when provoked. Also, the development of Cicero was not what I expected. I was intrigued by the author's explanation in the back that, although well thought of today, many of Cicero's contemporaries didn't really like him. I also enjoyed reading about the Vestals and their part in keeping the Wills of the Romans. I didn't know about that.
Overall, I really enjoyed it.