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Summary: Excellent, well-paced book. I couldn't put it down.
Review: I've thoroughly enjoyed every one of Elizabeth Peters' mysteries, however, the Amelia Peabody books are my favorites. If this isn't quickly followed by another book, readers will be sorely disappointed. The ending, while tying up the mystery, surely didn't satisfy all the sub-plots set up by Ms. Peters, and I wanted to know more, right then. Excellent dialogue and characterization, along with the familiarity of the characters, produce a fine read. My only problem with Ms. Peters is that I wish her books were longer, with even more time spent on her intricate details. I can't get enough of reading her work and hate to wait for the newest book.
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Summary: Magnificent and mature characterisations
Review: I found this book extremely challenging to the emotive senses. Peters has masterfully developed her characters, sculpting them with precision. Nofrets impetuous actions live up to her character description, her world was shaken, thus she reacted. I have too much respect for Peters to distrust her. The book was fantastic, and I cannot wait for the next (and last) of the four-book inner series, He Shall Thunder in the Sky. I wish I could give it 6 stars.
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Summary: argh
Review: RAMSES AND NEFRET NEED TO BE TOGETHER. I LOVE THESE BOOKS, AND RAMSES IS PRECIOUS, AND HE ISN'T ALLOWED TO BE UNHAPPY BECAUSE IT IS WAY TOO SAD!!!!! :o)
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Summary: I'm heart brokenly satisfied
Review: My first reaction is to scream, read ahead to see the ending and throw the book away. How could she? How could she do this to me? I don't remember a time other than Curtain (which was decades ago when I was 8-years-old) where I felt this raw emotion over a damn book. It's not suppose to be this way. I wish that I had stick to my original plan to buy the book next year. I am now subjected to prolonged torture of suspense. Falcon makes an excellent reading for new readers, but for those who have let the Emersons into our heart it is heart breaking. But, Ms. Peters need not apologize for Nefret's action. The charm of this series is prompted by the unconventional characters, and were Ms. Peters to explain all the motives behind the action the story would have been conventional. I believe that Falcon will stick out from the rest precisely because of its haunting nature. And all of us did buy the novel under the mystery section did we not? I tend to agree that Nefret's "decision" has more to it than we know, but if it is not the case then so be it. The mystery of human nature never could be easily explained. The mood of the series has indeed change, I state that as a fact not a criticism. But if it hasn't than Ms. Peters could just froze the Emersons at a time period. Imagine Ramses forever 5. I feel a tender spot for the lad when he was the commical child genius, but little children do grow. And I believe it is Amelia that says the youth of today is not impervious to the pain of tommorow -or something along that line more or less. So tread along Ms. Peters, do not stop the humanity of the Emersons just to keep the series of being a light one. An author that can entertain, educate, and touch us -though not really in the way we want her to this time, really posseses a magical charm about her.
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: I love the Ameila Peabody books and this one was no exception. This book was more sad than the others and way more serious. I don't think I can wait a year for the next one! This book had so many lose ends. This is a must read for any Elizabeth Peters fan!
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Summary: A real disappointment
Review: Up until now I have loved every one of the Amelia Peabody mysteries. They were clever, funny and upbeat, more comedic than dramatic. I found that the first half of this book was true to form but once Ramses and Nefret finally understood each other it took a definite turn for the worse. What I expected to be a light hearted book turned into a tragic, unbelievable drama. Nefret behaved completely out of the character that had previously been developed for her. I was very disappointed that a series I have always enjoyed reading for escapism should take such a harsh turn to reality. If I want to read about lovers separated by misunderstanding I will read biographies! I won't read another one in this series until and unless Elizabeth Peters returns this series to its roots.
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Summary: Chiff hanger, can I help with the next one?
Review: I found this book very different from the others in the series.The reviews I've read are amusing.Either very good,or a great dissapointment. Seems to me that Ms.Peters has us all hanging at the end of our ropes.We can't wait to see if Nefret and Rames work out their problems and finally get together. We are all concerned for Amelia,but face it she is getting older and is acting her age.As for Emerson he to is more mellow as he ages.Are not we all? My problem lies in waiting how long ,for the next book? I've written the next one in my head several times, I can't wait to find out how close I am to Ms. Peters thoughts on the Emerson's. Please for the sake of our sanity make it soon!
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Summary: I love Amelia, even when things seem wrong...
Review: I have loved every one of the Amelia Peabody books. I loved this one too, though it ended up being almost painful to read at times. Seeing a wonderful character like Nefret turn into an empty-headed, silly shell of her former self was hard to bear. I trust, however, that her nearly unbelievable character change will be explained in the next book (Good Gad, not another year to wait!) Just one request -- could the next adventures of Amelia, Ramses, and Co. be a little more upbeat?
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Summary: I am still disappointed
Review: While I read the first 8 books of this series over and over, I can't say that I'll read these last three (beginning with Seeing A Large Cat) more than once. They've taken a decidedly "serious" turn and just are no longer the "fun romp" they used to be. I have to agree that Nefret has been one of Ms. Peters' weakest characters. She is quite shallow, trendy and mercurial. Quite frankly, if Ramses is true to his character, I can't see what he would see in her. They just don't go together. I guess that's what makes these last three a bit of a disappointment. They just don't seem "right" or consistent with the character developments of the first 8 in the series. I keep hoping that Nefret is a "passing fancy" and that Ramses will find someone with more substance. I just can't see how he would be attracted to "fluff". Ramses has been my favorite character since he appeared and I hate the turn this character has taken. I, too, kept hoping Nefret would be an evil plant from the Master Criminal every time she perched on Emerson's chairarm and cooed, "Professor darling" ... positively sickening!
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Summary: I Have Never Been So Disappointed By A Book.
Review: I felt betrayed by my favorite author when I picked up this book. Instead of humor and whimsy, there was melodrama and tragedy. Yuck! It was like getting a kick in the stomach! I won't get the next book until I check it out thoroughly. I have read all of the Barbara Michaels/Elizabeth Peters books, and I must say, I intensely dislike this one and hope it's an isolated example. I have never been so disappointed by a book!
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