House of Niccolo Gemini: The Eighth Book of The House of Niccolo, Book 08, (Paperback)

from netedt

Maybe it's just me, but reading this finale of the Niccolo series felt more like a duty done than a pleasure. I got the feeling that Dunnett had too much left to unravel from her previous plot lines and too much history to try to work into her narrative. The result is a story which cannot stand o...

from SeriousGrace

For me, Gemini was like that proverbial wall marathoners hit at mile twenty. I couldn't imagine reading a single page more...just like runners can't believe they still have 6.2 lousy miles to go. With its molasses-like plot I grew bored of Nicholas and his never-ending exploits. Gemini is all abo...

from Yarrow

I finally made it to the end! After being totally absorbed in Nicholas's life for two months, 8 books, 6000 pages, the ending left me bereft. And of course the first thing I wanted to do, after that humongous twist, was go and read the whole thing from the beginning, and I've had to wean myself o...

from jkdavies

Oh! Nicholas has decided to settle in Scotland and put right some of the wrongs he did when last there and appears to fall quite happily into trading and domestic life. However, there are plenty of plots around King James, mostly from his brothers and sisters - a hereditary illness of the temper ...

from jkdavies

Oh! Nicholas has decided to settle in Scotland and put right some of the wrongs he did when last there and appears to fall quite happily into trading and domestic life. However, there are plenty of plots around King James, mostly from his brothers and sisters - a hereditary illness of the temper ...