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A review by teachinsci
The Age of Ra by James Lovegrove
3.0
I could have loved this book. The idea that the Gods of Egypt had destroyed all other gods and split the world amongst them is a good premise (although, it might have been more interesting to read about those battles). What lacked was the execution.
The book starts off with the trials and tribulations of a soldier of Osiris & Isis who has been ambushed. Through the first 40 pages of so, we are supposed to care what happens to him with no explanation of who he is save his name. Honestly, it almost lost me then. He just wasn't interesting enough to care about. The book eventually gets around to describing the world at large (in broad strokes) and how things came to be how they are in the world. This was the most interesting portion. Later, there are battle scenes and a resolution... fairly well written but not enough to make up for the previous lacking portions.
Long story short, an OK book... I won't be reading the rest of the series.
The book starts off with the trials and tribulations of a soldier of Osiris & Isis who has been ambushed. Through the first 40 pages of so, we are supposed to care what happens to him with no explanation of who he is save his name. Honestly, it almost lost me then. He just wasn't interesting enough to care about. The book eventually gets around to describing the world at large (in broad strokes) and how things came to be how they are in the world. This was the most interesting portion. Later, there are battle scenes and a resolution... fairly well written but not enough to make up for the previous lacking portions.
Long story short, an OK book... I won't be reading the rest of the series.