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A review by mayaet
The Course of Honor by Lindsey Davis
adventurous
informative
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
I don’t think I was the target audience for this book because although it’s really well written, I found it so unbelievably boring. It read more like a history book than a novel and while characters were well developed, I felt like there wasn’t much focus on the main characters.
This novel used the characters as a vehicle to demonstrate the history of this time period with 4 different emperors. While I do love historical fiction, i prioritie the characters and plot of the story, over the historical and technical details of the time period.
Not a bad book, but I was the wrong reader for it. I would recommend this for people who are reading historical fiction to gain more knowledge and who are more interested in the history part rather than the fiction.
This novel used the characters as a vehicle to demonstrate the history of this time period with 4 different emperors. While I do love historical fiction, i prioritie the characters and plot of the story, over the historical and technical details of the time period.
Not a bad book, but I was the wrong reader for it. I would recommend this for people who are reading historical fiction to gain more knowledge and who are more interested in the history part rather than the fiction.