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Luka Soare _uka_oare — This book is pretty brutal. I've always had a bit of a problem with Iain Pears and I've always thought I should like him because he writes historical mysteries which are right up my alley, however, I've never really gotten into one of his books. One of my biggest complaints about this book is the same one I have about any book that splits its attention between sets of characters. There are three timelines here, the Roman Empire in the fifth century, the plague in the fourteenth century and WWII in the twentieth century. There's never enough time spent on the century you're interested in and just when you've started growing accustomed to the new characters you get jerked off somewhere else in history. I don't like switches in the narrative like this much and they are rarely handled well. But what really clinches it for me is the sheer hopelessness of this novel. Two of the characters die having failed the one person who matters in their life. All of them die in pain of one sort or another, having been shown that love is never enough. What a hopeless message. When the most hopeful story line ends with the main character horribly maimed you know this is not going to be just your typical gloomy tale. So, no, I didn't enjoy this much at all, although I admit it wasn't all due to the author's skill, but partially just to his sheer pessimism and the gloomy topic he chose.

Celine Davis celinedavica3c — I listened to this one. I think I might have gotten into this one more if I had read it rather than listened. The main character's over the top theater personaility was really annoying when you had to hear it outloud. Well, at least at first. I did eventually get into the story and then over it, but then Sayde's attitude started to annoy me too. But overall it was a good book, although not Lockhart's best.