Jewel’s review of Hope of the Pharaoh (KIYA Trilogy, #1) > Likes and Comments
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Fabulous review Jewel! I was hoping you would give some insight to this one before I sought it out. Think III pass.
Thanks Sandi, glad you liked the review.
I'm very fond of the history so I guess this made me a bit harsh on the book.
This is a debut book, and the writing was promising, it just needed a little bit better character development and less one person caries all the book.
Great review, Jewel. I ADORE historical fiction, especially anything about Ancient Egypt. I'm sorry you didn't like it. It's ok though, there are plenty of fish in the sea, as they say. :-)
It does the author no good when someone who is obviously related to her in some way goes around the negative reviews and leave comments.
This review is my personal opinion, it is about whati think about the book, and I think it's very thorough.
And the book does have inaccuracies, an example is that DNA tests have proved that Tut's mother is in fact the Younger Lady in VK35, who happens to be Akhenaten's sister.
I am in the middle of reading this book and I'm also having a hard time with the inaccuracies. though I know little of the Egyptian period I have problems with the repersentation of the pre-mosaic hebrews. Many of the religious conflicts would not be an issue because things like the dietary restrictions and sabbath observance did not exist before the giving of the law by Moses. of course the way she protrays Sabbath being observed is not even in line with the mosaic law but influences more by curtain christian sects equating sunday worship to the Sabbath worship of the jews even though they are completely different things.
Thank you Gloria,
Even though I'm very familiar with the history, I know very little about the Jews, I was wondering about it because its before Moses, you clarified that for me, Thank you.
I'm not sure if your comment is directed at me or to others commenting on my review, but thanks for the input.
I'm sure not all if us rely on Wiki.
Thanks
I would be very interested to read about it, if you can help me find it.
Last I read, the Younger Lady at VK 35 was proven NOT to be Nefertiti, but Akhenaten's sister and Tut's mother.
You know the Author has written no 2 in the series, I personally would not be reading it.
Excellent review; especially for pointing out historical inaccuracies. Too many readers fall into their own trap of "if this is written about actual historical figures during an equally historic setting then it must be true, or at least mostly accurate." I still plan on giving the book a go; however, I'm always cautious about historical fiction and even historical 'non-fiction,' which should be a rule of thumb for every reader. In a nutshell, thank you for writing such a detailed review that reminds readers that just because it's written down it doesn't mean it's true. Cheers!
I concur with all you have said, and as a writer of 'historical fiction' especially concerned with ancient Egypt, one does need to try and stick to the basic archaeological facts. I also agree with a kind of blase feeling towards the main character who seems to have not been fleshed out very well. I'm on the second installment of this series and so far so ok.
Yea except the author wasn’t claiming to write a text book on factual history. She was writing an historical fiction novel, key word “fiction”.
So those negative points are essentially irrelevant.
I’ve read a ton of novels set in ancient Egypt, and many of the authors like to write little “justification” paragraphs at the end, in the back of the book. Always trying to explain that ‘even though they have no relevant and credible education on the matter’, they still think they’re correct in their renderings of history because they loved the subject while growing or some other bullshit that nobody cares about lol
It’s historical FICTION. It’s a fun genre where authors get creative about historical events that can’t be 100% known or understood given their distance in time.
I mean, if you hate space ships, stop reading sci-fi?
I also really don’t think anyone who likes reading this particular genre has finished a book like this (an obvious piece of fictional history; it doesn’t claim to be anything else) and immediately thought “oh, well it must all be true then!” lol
Just have to enjoy the story for what it is, a story. If this was taught in school, for sure it would be different. But it’s an historical fiction Novel :) and I thought it was fun and exciting.
(Ps. Nobody has yet to find out for certain who Tut’s mother was, by name , ie. identification. Could have been any woman. DNA aside, we still don’t know who she was, her name, nothing).
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Fabulous review Jewel! I was hoping you would give some insight to this one before I sought it out. Think III pass.
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Thanks Sandi, glad you liked the review.I'm very fond of the history so I guess this made me a bit harsh on the book.
This is a debut book, and the writing was promising, it just needed a little bit better character development and less one person caries all the book.
Great review, Jewel. I ADORE historical fiction, especially anything about Ancient Egypt. I'm sorry you didn't like it. It's ok though, there are plenty of fish in the sea, as they say. :-)
It does the author no good when someone who is obviously related to her in some way goes around the negative reviews and leave comments.This review is my personal opinion, it is about whati think about the book, and I think it's very thorough.
And the book does have inaccuracies, an example is that DNA tests have proved that Tut's mother is in fact the Younger Lady in VK35, who happens to be Akhenaten's sister.
I am in the middle of reading this book and I'm also having a hard time with the inaccuracies. though I know little of the Egyptian period I have problems with the repersentation of the pre-mosaic hebrews. Many of the religious conflicts would not be an issue because things like the dietary restrictions and sabbath observance did not exist before the giving of the law by Moses. of course the way she protrays Sabbath being observed is not even in line with the mosaic law but influences more by curtain christian sects equating sunday worship to the Sabbath worship of the jews even though they are completely different things.
Thank you Gloria,Even though I'm very familiar with the history, I know very little about the Jews, I was wondering about it because its before Moses, you clarified that for me, Thank you.
I'm not sure if your comment is directed at me or to others commenting on my review, but thanks for the input.I'm sure not all if us rely on Wiki.
ThanksI would be very interested to read about it, if you can help me find it.
Last I read, the Younger Lady at VK 35 was proven NOT to be Nefertiti, but Akhenaten's sister and Tut's mother.
You know the Author has written no 2 in the series, I personally would not be reading it.
Excellent review; especially for pointing out historical inaccuracies. Too many readers fall into their own trap of "if this is written about actual historical figures during an equally historic setting then it must be true, or at least mostly accurate." I still plan on giving the book a go; however, I'm always cautious about historical fiction and even historical 'non-fiction,' which should be a rule of thumb for every reader. In a nutshell, thank you for writing such a detailed review that reminds readers that just because it's written down it doesn't mean it's true. Cheers!
I concur with all you have said, and as a writer of 'historical fiction' especially concerned with ancient Egypt, one does need to try and stick to the basic archaeological facts. I also agree with a kind of blase feeling towards the main character who seems to have not been fleshed out very well. I'm on the second installment of this series and so far so ok.
Yea except the author wasn’t claiming to write a text book on factual history. She was writing an historical fiction novel, key word “fiction”.So those negative points are essentially irrelevant.
I’ve read a ton of novels set in ancient Egypt, and many of the authors like to write little “justification” paragraphs at the end, in the back of the book. Always trying to explain that ‘even though they have no relevant and credible education on the matter’, they still think they’re correct in their renderings of history because they loved the subject while growing or some other bullshit that nobody cares about lol
It’s historical FICTION. It’s a fun genre where authors get creative about historical events that can’t be 100% known or understood given their distance in time.
I mean, if you hate space ships, stop reading sci-fi?
I also really don’t think anyone who likes reading this particular genre has finished a book like this (an obvious piece of fictional history; it doesn’t claim to be anything else) and immediately thought “oh, well it must all be true then!” lol Just have to enjoy the story for what it is, a story. If this was taught in school, for sure it would be different. But it’s an historical fiction Novel :) and I thought it was fun and exciting.
(Ps. Nobody has yet to find out for certain who Tut’s mother was, by name , ie. identification. Could have been any woman. DNA aside, we still don’t know who she was, her name, nothing).
