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mirandaaaa 's review for:
Pompeii
by Robert Harris
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Probably not actually 4 stars but these pulp fiction books i just inhale and due to the ease i like. Anyway, a lot like Dan Brown, tbh they both have the same kinda name but this was without the incredibly irritating mickey mouse watch. I thought it was more thoughtful writing though, the actual eruption was written thoughtfully and led the reader through every. excruciating. second. You knew the outcome, but you also didn't know the outcome of the individuals. Impressive, but was screaming with the painful knowledge what was going to happen. The ignorance was well written.
"It killed more than two thousand in less than half a minute and it left their bodies arranged in a series of grotesque tableaux for posterity to gawp at."
However, I wasn't a fan of the odd slight sexualisation of women. It seemed any young woman in this book their breasts were mentioned every 2 seconds. Idk if this was meant to be some kind of portrayal of generic man or something?? but yeah bit weird. Also the need for a love interest UGHHH people can survive reading books without a love interest. it was really not that necessary and just thrown in for a bit of unnecessary plot.
Overall, easy to read and hopefully will have gotten me out of my slight reading slump?? I do want to read the Cicero trilogy now.
"It killed more than two thousand in less than half a minute and it left their bodies arranged in a series of grotesque tableaux for posterity to gawp at."
However, I wasn't a fan of the odd slight sexualisation of women. It seemed any young woman in this book their breasts were mentioned every 2 seconds. Idk if this was meant to be some kind of portrayal of generic man or something?? but yeah bit weird. Also the need for a love interest UGHHH people can survive reading books without a love interest. it was really not that necessary and just thrown in for a bit of unnecessary plot.
Overall, easy to read and hopefully will have gotten me out of my slight reading slump?? I do want to read the Cicero trilogy now.