I have to confess to a failure here – I managed to get to page 160 of Emperor when I ground to a halt. This is a rarity for me and I’m not sure why it’s happened in this case; after all:
- I like Stephen Baxter
- I like reading about Rome
- I like alternative history type stuff
But, despite all of these things I just couldn’t persevere with this book. It’s not badly written, and the first section (set around the time of the Claudian invasion of Britain) was really good and I trotted through it very quickly. But then……. who knows?
It’s a shame really as this looked like it could be an interesting series (I think it ran ultimately to four books) but there you have it; the second unfinished novel this year.
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November 29, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Susan
Hmm, let’s see, I have Midnight’s Children still unfinished – I finally got the humour, but I just don’t really like the book and keep thinking I want to read this, it’s a prize winner, what’s wrong with me? Thankfully Middlemarch is proving I can read good books! lol so maybe it’s just the wrong time to read Stephen Baxter and you really want to be reading something else.
I’ll email you later today with trip stuff. See you very soon!
November 29, 2008 at 7:35 pm
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December 12, 2008 at 10:25 pm
dark orpheus
Second unfinished book is good. I have too many unfinished books to count, so I’m pretty envious that you only have 2 for this year.