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A review by jennybeastie
The Painted Queen by Elizabeth Peters, Joan Hess
3.0
Read it, for the closure, for the reminder of this fabulous series, and for the introduction.
My actual review is that it misses the mark. Too many red herrings, too many distractions from all the actual Egyptology, too much managing of Amelia by her family as though she is a silly idiot. She is a silly idiot sometimes, but her main accomplishments in this book are to nap and eat well, and that's not the Amelia Peabody I remember. Clearly this book was written with love and thoughtfulness and reluctance by Joan Hess. If she didn't quite capture the rest of the series, dear reader, well, who could?
My actual review is that it misses the mark. Too many red herrings, too many distractions from all the actual Egyptology, too much managing of Amelia by her family as though she is a silly idiot. She is a silly idiot sometimes, but her main accomplishments in this book are to nap and eat well, and that's not the Amelia Peabody I remember. Clearly this book was written with love and thoughtfulness and reluctance by Joan Hess. If she didn't quite capture the rest of the series, dear reader, well, who could?