Novels of Ancient Egypt: The Quest : A Novel of Ancient Egypt (Series #4) (Paperback)

from bdtrump

I generally love Wilbur Smith's writing, and his Ancient Egypt series is one of my favorites. Nevertheless, The Quest was irritating, exceedingly overwritten, and a bit dull. Content-wise, a near total departure from historical fiction into historical fantasy made this difficult to read, and almo...

from StigE

Avoid. It is dull and unexciting. At no point in the book do you feel as if Taita is going to come in contact with a problem that is even remotely unfixable with a little magic after he has agonised long enough about it.

from sailorfigment

I LOVED River God, so I was looking forward to another Egypt book. This was not it. It didn't feel like any of it took place in Egypt or Ancient Egytpian times. Change a few words (like the Nile and pharoah) and it could have taken place any where at any time. I missed the Egyptian mythology of t...

from sdemler

By far the worst in the "Taita" egyptain series. A retread of previous books, I wonder if Smith has started to lose his touch. Usually we have multi-layered interwoven plots but not in this novel. Very disappointing.

from cookiemo

This was one of my book club books. I initially didn't like it at all as I felt it was too far fetched. Then I became quite involved in it and thoroughly enjoyed it. After all a book doesn't have to be real.