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A review by mayhappily
Tomb of Gods by Brian Moreland
4.0
This was a truly terrific (see what I did there?) read till near the end, then it had a bit of a (for me, on a personal level) dip and then it found its footing again.
In short: this was a near perfect horror novel for me: having become very blasé after years of submerging myself in the horror genre, very few things really register as scary in my mind, but Brian Moreland's Tomb of Gods did the trick, and on more than one occasion!
Since younger days I've been fascinated by the deities and the pharaohs of Egypt, and am very enthralled by the idea of curses protecting secrets, divine or otherwise, as well as exploring these secrets - and reading about it is the perfect way for me to do so and still keep safe.
If I were to have a complaint, there would be two: the more innocuous one being that I honestly feel that romance should know its place (i.e. it doesn't belong in every. damn. story), even if it was only briefly covered in this book and the second... well, it's to do with my personal grievance with this story and the one thing that keeps me from rating this book 5 stars. It is a spoiler, so I will hide it behind an appropriate tag. Do not venture further if you wish for the ending to be a surprise!
In short: this was a near perfect horror novel for me: having become very blasé after years of submerging myself in the horror genre, very few things really register as scary in my mind, but Brian Moreland's Tomb of Gods did the trick, and on more than one occasion!
Since younger days I've been fascinated by the deities and the pharaohs of Egypt, and am very enthralled by the idea of curses protecting secrets, divine or otherwise, as well as exploring these secrets - and reading about it is the perfect way for me to do so and still keep safe.
If I were to have a complaint, there would be two: the more innocuous one being that I honestly feel that romance should know its place (i.e. it doesn't belong in every. damn. story), even if it was only briefly covered in this book and the second... well, it's to do with my personal grievance with this story and the one thing that keeps me from rating this book 5 stars. It is a spoiler, so I will hide it behind an appropriate tag. Do not venture further if you wish for the ending to be a surprise!