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Title: Lord of the Silent: A Novel of Suspense by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0-380-81714-4 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 02 April, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.82 (61 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Weakest in the series so far
Comment: I preordered this book from amazon last year, and eagerly checked my mail every day for the follow-up to the spectacular, He Who Thunders. That book had been the culmination of so many great storylines, and featured some of the best Amelia-Ramses scenes to date. I was only afraid that the series would end there.
Now I wish it had. I'm writing this review a year later because it has taken me that long to finish the dull Lord of the Silent. I'd pick it up and start again every few months, but was so disappointed that I inevitably tossed it back on the shelf. It's only the upcoming release of the next book in the series that finally spurred me on to read it (and also the fact that Anne Perry has produced a great Pitt mystery after a few lackluster entries).
So why didn't I like it? Part of it was a nothing plot. But some past books in the series had slightly boring mysteries, and yet I never minded before because of how much I love these characters.
No, the problem can be summed up in one word -- Nefret. I always wanted her and Ramses to get together for his sake, but until Amelia was shoved to the background to flesh out R&N's relationship more fully, I never appreciated how uninteresting she is as a character. With Nefret taking center stage, there is much melodrama, and less of the self-aware, tongue in cheek quality that have always elevated Ramses' and Amelia's narratives.
Plus, I'm not a fan of having the family separated. More solidarity.
Rating: 4
Summary: Another satisfying read.
Comment: As usual this was well written, fast paced and contains a sense of humor and style that is still fresh and charming despite the fact she's written so many Amelia Peabody adventures. The characters live and breath, wonderfully larger than life and yet still real, still honest.
I get the sense that she is exploring the working partnership of Ramses and Nefret, still, but I can already see that they will be distinct from Emerson and Peabody, yet just as wonderful.
That said, I felt there were points where the action had thin plot support (e.g. the attack in Cairo of the Radcliffe Emersons and the early adventures in Thebes of the Ramses Emersons) hence the four stars instead of the five. I've had this sense with a couple of the past books, but never so strongly as with this one. Even if the action seems unsupported it's so well written that you find yourself enjoying it anyway. I scared the cats, laughing so hard at Emerson berating and worrying over Peabody in the same breath.
It is a testament to Ms. Peters' mastery of her craft and understanding of her characters and setting that make those seeming thin places easy to overlook. This is a must read for fans. Newcomers with a taste for mystery and pastiche will definitely enjoy it - it is reasonably easy to follow the history of the characters without having read the previous books.
Rating: 4
Summary: Always a fantastic series to read
Comment: Not my favorite but so important for establing the personalities of the characters (as well as the marriage of Ramses and Nefret. And it includes a fantastic surprise!
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Title: The Golden One : A Novel of Suspense by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0380817152 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: He Shall Thunder in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0380798581 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 03 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Falcon at the Portal: An Amelia Peabody Mystery by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0380798573 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Ape Who Guards the Balance : An Amelia Peabody Mystery by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0380798565 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 04 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Children of the Storm by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0066214769 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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