Andorra is a small country in between France and Spain.
When Soldier was still in the Army, he told me he did some special favor for someone high up in the Andorran hierarchy. Because they owed him, I would be able to become a princess of Andorra. At first I thought he was making the country up and it was some cute little story he was spinning. Turns out the country is real, but of course the rest of it wasn't. Regardless, Andorra has a silly, special place for me.
But, again, the author is from Andorra but the book isn't set there. It's set in Egypt. This was the only book on the list I'm using, but that's not really an excuse for me. Anyway, the deets:
This is the history of the time of Pharaoh Snefru and Queen Hetepheres, the parents of Cheops, who built the largest and most impressive pyramid of all. It is also the story of the high priest Ramosi, Sedum, a slave who became Cheops' teacher, and how the first pyramid came to be built.
Sebekhotep, the great wise man of that time, said, "Everything is written in the stars. Most of us live our lives unaware of it. Some can read the stars and see their destiny. But very few people learn to write in the stars and change their destiny."
Ramosi and Sedum learned to write in the stars and tried to change their destinies, but fortune treated them very differently. This is a tale of the confrontation between two men's intelligence: one fighting for power, the other struggling for freedom.
Sebekhotep, the great wise man of that time, said, "Everything is written in the stars. Most of us live our lives unaware of it. Some can read the stars and see their destiny. But very few people learn to write in the stars and change their destiny."
Ramosi and Sedum learned to write in the stars and tried to change their destinies, but fortune treated them very differently. This is a tale of the confrontation between two men's intelligence: one fighting for power, the other struggling for freedom.
And away we go!
- We're starting off pretty quickly with a sex scene. Of a very young slave girl losing her virginity. Lovely.
- This is written at a pretty low level. I can't decide if I like it or not.
- According to this book, basically everyone in ancient Egypt was kind of a twat.
- So the Pharaoh died, and everyone mourned for a week. And after that week was up, this is what I imagine happening:
- Here's a really cool thought: [T]he universe is mental, it only obeys intelligence because everything is perfect. Imperfection only exists in our eyes, which only see part of the whole."
- I wonder if any of this is historically accurate.
- Oh. Pharaoh wants to have sex with his niece. But she won't sleep with him until he marries her. Cool.
- They're all wily fuckers.
Alright, the end. This book was okay. I'm still kinda disappointed it had nothing to do with Andorra, but it was entertaining enough I guess. It did seem kind of shallow. Personally, I like to be immersed in my books and feel like I'm actually part of the story, and this just didn't do it for me. It was a decent story, but it seemed to skim the surface for most of it. After finding out this author wrote children's books, it makes more sense...this could almost be for kids, except for the random sex scenes. They made me uncomfortable. Not in a good way.
Anywaysies, I'm neutral on this one. Carry on.
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