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A review by terann
The Painted Queen by Elizabeth Peters, Joan Hess
1.0
I am a long time fan of Elizabeth Peters/Barbara Michaels/Barbara Mertz. I own the Amelia Peabody series in hardcover and paperback and e-book.
This book will not be added to my collection.
The relationships were off, the voices were off. Stupid mistakes threw me out of the story. Then Nefret started giggling and said something and in my mind I was hearing Claire Malloy's annoying daughter, Caron, and that was it for me.
The story descended into a sly parody starring Claire as Amelia, Pete as Emerson, and Caron as Nefret.
It seemed like the series had not been read prior to this book being written. No mention made of the reason Nefret went off to marry Geoffrey or where that "reason" was. No mention of Walter or Evelyn? Amelia saying "Inshallah"? I was thrown out of the story constantly. The ending was abrupt to say the least.
This is not the way I want to remember the Emersons.
I just want to cry...
This book will not be added to my collection.
The relationships were off, the voices were off. Stupid mistakes threw me out of the story. Then Nefret started giggling and said something and in my mind I was hearing Claire Malloy's annoying daughter, Caron, and that was it for me.
The story descended into a sly parody starring Claire as Amelia, Pete as Emerson, and Caron as Nefret.
It seemed like the series had not been read prior to this book being written. No mention made of the reason Nefret went off to marry Geoffrey or where that "reason" was. No mention of Walter or Evelyn? Amelia saying "Inshallah"? I was thrown out of the story constantly. The ending was abrupt to say the least.
This is not the way I want to remember the Emersons.
I just want to cry...