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A review by rballenger
The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult
2.0
Type of read: Commuter (listened to and from work)
What made me pick it up: Picoult is a regular on my TBR list.
Overall rating: I wanted to like this book more but there was just SO. FREAKING. MUCH. OF. IT. I love being able to take the author's words and create the picture in my mind but The Book of Two Ways just had an exorbitant about of information about Egypt...and information that wasn't necessarily needed (in my opinion) to further the story. It felt like when you're writing a college paper and have to meet a specific source count so you just throw everything in there.
I got about halfway through and seriously debated stopping but underneath all of the excessive Egyptian information the underlying ideas and interpretation of the real Book of Two Ways made for an interesting story (one that ultimately kept my attention and allowed me to finish the book). I'm not mad that I read The Book of Two Ways, but I don't think it'll be high on my list of recommendations.
Reader's Note: I read (listened) to this book at 1.5 speed as I found the regular 1x speed painstakingly slow.
What made me pick it up: Picoult is a regular on my TBR list.
Overall rating: I wanted to like this book more but there was just SO. FREAKING. MUCH. OF. IT. I love being able to take the author's words and create the picture in my mind but The Book of Two Ways just had an exorbitant about of information about Egypt...and information that wasn't necessarily needed (in my opinion) to further the story. It felt like when you're writing a college paper and have to meet a specific source count so you just throw everything in there.
I got about halfway through and seriously debated stopping but underneath all of the excessive Egyptian information the underlying ideas and interpretation of the real Book of Two Ways made for an interesting story (one that ultimately kept my attention and allowed me to finish the book). I'm not mad that I read The Book of Two Ways, but I don't think it'll be high on my list of recommendations.
Reader's Note: I read (listened) to this book at 1.5 speed as I found the regular 1x speed painstakingly slow.