Status Updates From Nicked

I can’t tell if it is the narrator or the writing style, probably the later, that just makes me feel not as engaged in this as I’d like to be. I can’t listen to it at work, I get bored. But I’ll try when I’m driving.

- “It is clear you are not Christians” said Nicephorus.
~“We are the very soul of the Nazarene” …
- “More than half the crew performs exercises five times a day facing Mecca”
~ “Limbering up I’m sure. The oar is a brutal mistress.”

Tone/Style feels a little unusual for what I normally read but also seems to fit the time period. So far, not a lot of women in this story, nor do I anticipate them having any kind of significant role. We’ll see if it passes the Bechdel test. I’m not holding my breath.