Review: Yawatta Hosby's review on "The Boudicca Parchments"
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 21, 2013
***I received a free copy in exchange for a book review.***This 91 chapter book isn't typically a genre I prefer reading, so please take my opinion with a grain of salt.Martin dug where he wasn't supposed to and found a scroll. He sent a photo of it to Daniel, indirectly getting him involved in trouble. When Daniel went to the meeting place, he found Martin dead, the scroll had disappeared, and now Sam Morgan was trying to kill him by setting the place on fire. In case that didn't work, he left an anonymous tip, so the British police would believe Daniel was the culprit.My favorite lines: 1) "You cannot fight your enemies if your time is consumed by fighting your friends." 2) He wasn't afraid of Costa, except in the sense that a man might be afraid of fleas. But as fleas go, Costa was particularly irritating.I enjoyed that the bad guys could outsmart the cops but had a difficult time capturing Daniel. I liked that he was being chased across the world because of Martin (a.k.a. Costa); the tunnel scene was especially entertaining. The twist at the end revealing Sam's true identity was pretty cool too.That's why (for me), it turned into a slow read whenever a lot of backstory and information on the history/religion elements were introduced. It read like a thesis paper and/or encyclopedia. I wished those sections could have been broken up in bits and pieces instead of going on and on...Some times it was hard to get back into the action (which was the part I enjoyed the most-the mystery of solving what was so special about the scroll, teams working together to keep Daniel safe while cops trying to find him to re-arrest him, etc.).I could tell the story was written with sophistication, and like I said, the parts I didn't care for, is what another reader would probably fall in love with. If you're interested in archaeology, Jewish/Israeli history origins, then this story will keep your interest.I RECOMMEND this book to read.