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A review by billymac1962
Aztec by Gary Jennings
5.0
(this review from my website)
Whew! Man, it's been over two months since I've made any updates and this behemoth of a novel is to blame. As some of you may already be aware, I'm not all that keen on marathon reads.
Losing a month out of your life for something like Stephen King's Insomnia will do that to you.
It's for that reason that after buying Aztec it sat on my shelf for several months before deciding to venture into it.
Well, two months later I can look back on this as a time travel trip
well worth the effort. This review could easily be placed in any of my pages. Horror, for the multitudes of human sacrifices and torture; Mystery/Suspense, for assorted intrigue and adventures; even Sci-fi/Fantasy, for the total immersion into an alien culture.
Aztec is all of these, and I must warn you, that apart from being a wonderful history lesson (an Aztec recounts his life story to the conquering Spanish officials) , this novel is not for the squeamish or easily offended. There are graphic depictions of human sacrifice and torture, and explicit and illicit sex scenes.
So now you know what you're in for. Highly recommended, and best read during a heatwave.
Whew! Man, it's been over two months since I've made any updates and this behemoth of a novel is to blame. As some of you may already be aware, I'm not all that keen on marathon reads.
Losing a month out of your life for something like Stephen King's Insomnia will do that to you.
It's for that reason that after buying Aztec it sat on my shelf for several months before deciding to venture into it.
Well, two months later I can look back on this as a time travel trip
well worth the effort. This review could easily be placed in any of my pages. Horror, for the multitudes of human sacrifices and torture; Mystery/Suspense, for assorted intrigue and adventures; even Sci-fi/Fantasy, for the total immersion into an alien culture.
Aztec is all of these, and I must warn you, that apart from being a wonderful history lesson (an Aztec recounts his life story to the conquering Spanish officials) , this novel is not for the squeamish or easily offended. There are graphic depictions of human sacrifice and torture, and explicit and illicit sex scenes.
So now you know what you're in for. Highly recommended, and best read during a heatwave.