Review: roman legions lite
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 18, 2014
I gave up at 40% because I could not get attached nor interested in the book.  And that is a crying shame because this guy really can write!  He is descriptive of the surroundings and he seems.to be right on concerning historical content but we never get to care about Batalus, the main guy.  Because he never seems to care about his men nor does he seem to connect with them.  I say seem because we just don't know, these things are not written about.  All the characters in the book are too one dimensional.  We know nothing about their backgrounds, thier families or even what they look like!  There is no interaction between Batalus and his men except for when he is smacking them, yelling at them and never encouraging them.  All he seems to care about is his relationship with Ceasar.  Due to a dust up with some deserters at a waystation in which our hero saves Caesar, our hero obtains Ceasar's undying gratitude.  The hero better damn well save his commanding officer!  Another issue I had is the geographical names used are  the modern day names and not those used in ancient times.  This takes away some of the flavor from this book and it needs all the flavor it can get.  Because we never get to know the characters and because there isn't any camaraderie between Batalus and his men, we don't develop any attachment.  I simply didn't care about the characters enough to continue giving my time.  The author says he likes to write series because he gets to develop the characters, I don't care enough to wait for book two for this to happen.  And again that is really sad because I really do like how this guy writes.  I'll keep the book and try again later, maybe.  There's just too many books out there that I can care about.