Review: Good Read But Could Have Been better
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 21, 2013
I want to start off by saying that I love books about ancient Rome and I looked forward to reading this book. The author did his research because he created an atmosphere in which the reader feels as though he were living in Rome during the time the story takes place in. The book started off very well but then somewhere in the middle of the book it got confusing. The story is good and I really wanted to like this book and there were parts that were excellent - but to me the hero came across as a loser. He lost his business, his fortune, his wife and child, he drank too much and he got his ass kicked a little too often. If this book had a good editor, instead of an interesting read, it could have been a great book. As it is, it is still an interesting story about one man trying to solve a series of murders in Ancient Rome. This is an ambitious book that I was going to give 3 stars too, but on further consideration I gave it 4 stars. With a good editor this is a 5 star book. With all this said, I still recommend it.[...] by Joe Corso.