Review: A bit difficult to stay with
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 25, 2013
Treasure of Egypt is sort of a poor mans Raiders of the Lost Ark.  Lots of swashbuckling involved.  The characters were okay.  I liked Samuel, but Alec was a bit too grumpy and humorless.  I commend the author for her in depth research regarding ancient Egypt and its history, treasures and hieroglyphics. She obviously has a lot of interest in the subject.  But, having said that, I thought, the groups adventure within the Sphinx would n e v e r  e n d.  Way too many descriptions of all the writings on the walls and what they meant or maybe meant.  I ended up just scanning a lot of it.  It was just too much.  I enjoy historical novels and especially ones taking place in exotic places, but I was to be reading a novel, not a text book.  There was also some language I don't think fit with the time (1800's), such as "you've got to be kidding me". I feel fairly confident it's a more modern expression.