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Title: The Hippopotamus Pool (Amelia Peabody Mysteries (Paperback)) by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0-446-60398-8 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.38 (29 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A great book...maybe
Comment: Looking at the other reviews for this book, you may want to question what I am about write (previously wrote if you're are reading this now, which you are). To me, this is the best of the Peabody's adventures. It is even one of my favorite books of all time (which is saying a lot, putting it next to "Power of One" by Bryce Courtenay). Why this is so, I really cannot say, or write. It's just that I thought this book had more to it then the other adventures. Lots more excitement and action seemed to be present and I enjoyed the new and old characters very much. As soon as I picked it up,I could not put it down. I especially enjoyed the "witty"(or witless, depending who's review you're reading) dialogue and mischief of the children. When I finished, I told myself that I would never read another book by Peters. Any other Peabody book would just be a disappointment after "Hippopotamus Pool." Such thinking lasted for 48.6 hours; at that point I saw the next Peabody mystery. Yes, it is true, I admit I am a little biased: anything written by Elizabeth Peters and deals with Ameila Peabody will be considered great in my opinion (humble one, of course). I am writing this review not to disagree with the other reviews, but to say that if another person happens to read this book and finds it the most fascinating book ever, the best piece of literature ever written, then that person has a major problem. No, what I mean is that that person will not be alone. Somewhere out in that cold dark world there is a beacon of inspiration, someone else who agrees that this book is a true gem. Thank you Elizabeth Peters, and thank you to anybody who agrees with this terrifically pointful review.
Rating: 5
Summary: Rames and Nefret
Comment: With The Hippopotamus Pool, the Amelia Peabody series continues to improve as her son (Ramses)and ward (Nefret)hit their teenage years.
Rating: 2
Summary: A fizzer
Comment: This book started off so well . . . and then died. Peters so indulges herself by packing "The Hippopotamus Pool" full of almost every character of significance who has previously appeared, and then some new ones, that the focus is too diffused for proper plot development, let alone character development. And what does Peters do with the characters? Walter and Evelyn are wrecked; Cyrus and Kevin have nothing to do; after showing signs of improvement Ramses has gone downhill again; and Nefret has to be one of the most singularly boring characters I have ever come across. Sir Edward (how can a younger son have that title?) and Miss Marmaduke are afterthoughts, and David was pretty well unnecessary. Amelia is back to insufferable, so thank heavens Emerson was his usual self in this book.
Whenever the plot of "The Hippopotamus Pool" showed signs of picking up, things would go flat again. The Emersons are contacted by a mysterious stranger . . . and nothing happens. They travel to Luxor . . . and nothing happens. They discover the tomb . . . and nothing happens. Between her (I think increasingly odd) determination to have no discovery made by the Emersons impact on the real history of Egyptology and her desire to flesh out what is less and less a mystery series than a family saga, Peters in this book loses the sense of direction and fun that characterised previous books in this series. And as for the ending . . . No-one could possibly have figured it out, and that violates the unofficial contract between mystery writer and mystery reader.
So why the two stars? The journey did have its good points. It wasn't till I'd finished that I realised I felt cheated by this book.
And what...is the Hippopotamus Pool anyway? Am I missing something?
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Title: The Last Camel Died at Noon (Amelia Peabody Mysteries (Paperback)) by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0446363383 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Snake, the Crocodile & the Dog, The (Amelia Peabody Mysteries (Paperback)) by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0446364789 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Deeds of the Disturber: An Amelia Peabody Mystery (Amelia Peabody Mysteries (Paperback)) by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0380731959 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 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: Lion in the Valley: An Amelia Peabody Mystery by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0380731193 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 07 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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