Дочери Рима
by:
Kate Quinn (author)
А. Бушуева (author)
Т. Бушуев (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9785953361484
Publish date: 2012
Publisher: Вече
Pages no: 416
Edition language: Russian
Category:
Love,
Literature,
Cultural,
Italy,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Drama,
Historical Romance,
Roman,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Ancient
Series: The Empress of Rome (#2)
Kate Quinn has rapidly risen among the ranks of my favorite writers. I found this book to be a little bit of a let down but still quite engaging (if that makes sense).My biggest problem was one word. Hump. I almost started counting the number of times that word was used. Please, just call it sex. I ...
Okay, Ms. Quinn, here's the deal: I really like your books, but some basic research would go a long way to improving them. Vocabulary, basic knowledge of how a vomitorium works.... these things are important if you want to write a solid historical fiction novel set in ancient Rome. Just a note. ...
This book didn't grab me immediately like Mistress of Rome. When it finally picked up a bit, I still felt a real disconnect w all the characters. Actually, I don't think I felt a thing for any of them throughout the book. Even though I didn't adore this, I will still read more from this author.
It with a heavy heart that I give Daughters of Rome 3 stars. I wanted to love this book, to devour every word but it left me wanting more. When I first read Mistress of Rome last year I fell head over heals for the story, setting and the moving characters. So much of that was missing in Daughters ...
A tumultuous year in Rome as seen through the eyes of four patrician women. As others have noted at first I had a problem with the shifting POV and telling the characters apart. I just went with it and as I got to know them better that smoothed out and I quickly and eagerly raced through the middl...
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