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Title: Curse of the Pharaohs, The by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0-445-40648-8 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.95 (21 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Abusive characters in a co-dependant relationship
Comment: Okay, am I the only one who found the (audio) version of this novel extremely irritating? I guess its just me, judging by all the positive comments about this book, but Amelia Peabody and her verbally and physically abusive hubbie, Emerson are complete zeros in my book. The plot seems to be a mirror of the previous novel...And the characters...:sigh:.
Amelia: Amelia is a complete cold fish, referring to her baby in the first part as 'it', and talking 'down' to the reader in a most condescending manner possible. 'Emerson,' is a coward and a bully, 'growling' and threatening and bullying people to get his way. At one point he shoves a man down the stairs in a fit of pique. Not hero material in my book. Ugh. I don't know why Amelia stays with him a single second longer than she has to.
Overall, since I bought it, I'm forcing myself to finish it, but I find this book to be extremely irritating and tedious... Mostly because the main two characters just did NOT work for me.
Rating: 5
Summary: Precisely Peabody!!
Comment: For those not familiar with this series you're in for a treat. Amelia Peabody is a proper Victorian woman who's married to a famous Egyptologist, but don't be fooled by her. She's, by far, an unusually unpredictable woman. She finds trouble, solves mysteries and foils the "master criminal" and manages to still have tea on time. A great read!
Rating: 4
Summary: Fun #2
Comment: These are fun books; the author is having fun with her characters and with us, her tongue firmly in her cheek. In fact, the characters are more interesting than the pseudo-creepy mystery. Everybody is a "character." Even if they are stereotypical, Peters really differentiates them in intriguing ways. And she waxes almost poetic in her description of Egyptian desert sunrises and sunsets-no one would be out in the sun at noon, right?
Readers who will especially enjoy the Amelia Peabody series are less those seeking a good mystery than a bit of eery suspense or those who (wish to) travel to Egypt or who enjoy history and archaeology. Peters scathes or satirizes Egyptology (in which she has a degree) as it was practiced a century ago by her contrasts between the deftly caricatured actual historical officials and her progressive protagonists. These novels will also appeal to readers who like novels of relationships and love conspiracies (which are dense and often unsuspected [hint, hint]), as well as gentle "modern" feminist sentiments in a Victorian romance, or light and quietly humorous writing. The mysteries are like an entertaining excuse to push her characters into incidents that reveal and develop them. It's also the rare series where child care is an issue (here the question of who stays with the baby), since we're beginning to see Amelia and Radcliffe's precocious child emerge in his obstreperous role through the early books of the series. This strong biographical flavor requires you to start at the beginning with CROCODILE.... (I once made the mistake of starting in the middle and gave up that try.)
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Title: Mummy Case by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0446601934 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: June, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Lion in the Valley by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0380731193 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 07 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Deeds of the Disturber by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0380731959 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Last Camel Died At Noon, The by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0446363383 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: December, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Snake, The Crocodile and Dog, The by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0446364789 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: February, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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