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The Memoirs of Cleopatra
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bookshelves: africa-historical, ancient-history, bce-years, historical-fiction, kings-queens-and-royalty, romans, 4-star, read-in-2018
Mar 31, 2018
bookshelves: africa-historical, ancient-history, bce-years, historical-fiction, kings-queens-and-royalty, romans, 4-star, read-in-2018
The April read for my Tome Topple challenge.
"Madness" has been known to be defined as "picking up a thousand page novel within a week of finishing another one". No regrets here, though. 😂
Admittedly, you need to be a certain type of reader to pick up this book. It's over 1,000 pages, and if that's not enough, George's novel is pretty slow paced. Not that there isn't any action, but there's an incredible amount of detail, and you need to be fairly patient.
Going into this, the only thing I knew about Cleopatra VII Ptolemy (besides her name), was the suicide by snake venom and her involvement with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. So safe to say, I was looking forward to finding out a lot more about her life. And boy, did I ever.
This covers Cleopatra's life from around the age of 3 years old to her death, with a bit of an epilogue after her suicide. And it was all there - her children, her Roman lovers, her feud with Octavian/Augustus and her badass queenship. Honestly, this was a woman who got shit done.
I'm not gonna lie though, this could have done with a bit (or maybe a lot) of editing. Some temple visits and some other interludes were a little bit unnecessary and kind of a bit boring? Which, I mean... it's a thousand pages already, let's try not to make this longer than it has to be.
That was probably the only negative I really had (although it's kind of a biggish one?), but apart from that, I really enjoyed this one, and I'm looking forward to getting my hands on another Margaret George in the future. 😊
"Madness" has been known to be defined as "picking up a thousand page novel within a week of finishing another one". No regrets here, though. 😂
Admittedly, you need to be a certain type of reader to pick up this book. It's over 1,000 pages, and if that's not enough, George's novel is pretty slow paced. Not that there isn't any action, but there's an incredible amount of detail, and you need to be fairly patient.
Going into this, the only thing I knew about Cleopatra VII Ptolemy (besides her name), was the suicide by snake venom and her involvement with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. So safe to say, I was looking forward to finding out a lot more about her life. And boy, did I ever.
This covers Cleopatra's life from around the age of 3 years old to her death, with a bit of an epilogue after her suicide. And it was all there - her children, her Roman lovers, her feud with Octavian/Augustus and her badass queenship. Honestly, this was a woman who got shit done.
I'm not gonna lie though, this could have done with a bit (or maybe a lot) of editing. Some temple visits and some other interludes were a little bit unnecessary and kind of a bit boring? Which, I mean... it's a thousand pages already, let's try not to make this longer than it has to be.
That was probably the only negative I really had (although it's kind of a biggish one?), but apart from that, I really enjoyed this one, and I'm looking forward to getting my hands on another Margaret George in the future. 😊
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Reading Progress
July 25, 2015
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to-read
July 25, 2015
– Shelved
March 31, 2018
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Started Reading
March 31, 2018
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africa-historical
March 31, 2018
– Shelved as:
ancient-history
March 31, 2018
– Shelved as:
bce-years
March 31, 2018
– Shelved as:
historical-fiction
March 31, 2018
– Shelved as:
kings-queens-and-royalty
March 31, 2018
– Shelved as:
romans
April 6, 2018
– Shelved as:
4-star
April 6, 2018
– Shelved as:
read-in-2018
April 7, 2018
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Finished Reading
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Apr 06, 2018 01:24AM
I loved this book when I read it. You are reading some great things this year. Hope you enjoy.
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I've been meaning to read this! Looking forward to your review! <3
Karen wrote: "I loved this book when I read it. You are reading some great things this year. Hope you enjoy."Thanks Karen! I really enjoyed this one, and I'm glad you did too. 😊
Swaye wrote: "I've been meaning to read this! Looking forward to your review! <3"Cheers, darling! It could do with a bit of editing out unnecessary events and side-trips, but I hope you enjoy it when you get around it. 😘
Megan wrote: "Cheers, darling! It could do with a bit of editing out unnecessary events and side-trips, but I hope you enjoy it when you get around it. "Thanks, Ms. Anne Bonny. I hope so too! 😘
Swaye wrote: "Megan wrote: "Cheers, darling! It could do with a bit of editing out unnecessary events and side-trips, but I hope you enjoy it when you get around it. "Thanks, Ms. Anne Bonny. I hope so too! 😘"
