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A review by chelseaj91
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
This was a fun story!
I liked Amelia a lot. She didn't like taking crap from anyone and she was quick to tell people to stop being idiots. She was very practical but I liked that she also grew to truly care for Evelyn and wanted to protect her. Her interactions with Emerson were hilarious and honestly, I both liked that it took her so long to make her proposal and wish they'd both said something sooner. Granted, if they had, then certain other events wouldn't have happened, at least not in the way they did, so this slower burn worked out quite well.
Evelyn was entertaining and I liked that while she seemed to lean a little more towards a "girly girl" type character, she also didn't seem to mind getting dirty with the excavations. I liked that she was willing to help out with the artworks and getting sketches of the things they found. I did roll my eyes at her reasoning on things because even for the time, she either a)could have just not told Walter or b)She should have declared her intention to never marry from the moment he showed her interest.
I didn't trust Lucas from the beginning and I will admit to laughing a little more than I probably should have when Emerson throttled him. His reasons for going after the inheritance made sense but I would have liked a little more on the way he managed to do things. There was some explanation from Alberto's monologue but I just wanted a little more on the how/whys of things.
Overall, decent intro to this series and I kind of want to check the rest of the books out at some point.
I liked Amelia a lot. She didn't like taking crap from anyone and she was quick to tell people to stop being idiots. She was very practical but I liked that she also grew to truly care for Evelyn and wanted to protect her. Her interactions with Emerson were hilarious and honestly, I both liked that it took her so long to make her proposal and wish they'd both said something sooner. Granted, if they had, then certain other events wouldn't have happened, at least not in the way they did, so this slower burn worked out quite well.
Evelyn was entertaining and I liked that while she seemed to lean a little more towards a "girly girl" type character, she also didn't seem to mind getting dirty with the excavations. I liked that she was willing to help out with the artworks and getting sketches of the things they found. I did roll my eyes at her reasoning on things because even for the time, she either a)could have just not told Walter or b)She should have declared her intention to never marry from the moment he showed her interest.
I didn't trust Lucas from the beginning and I will admit to laughing a little more than I probably should have when Emerson throttled him. His reasons for going after the inheritance made sense but I would have liked a little more on the way he managed to do things. There was some explanation from Alberto's monologue but I just wanted a little more on the how/whys of things.
Overall, decent intro to this series and I kind of want to check the rest of the books out at some point.