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Dry but competent

Revisado: 07-24-22

This was a detailed biography that struggled to engage me as a reader. Although thorough in covering the events of Turners life, it is not an entertaining review by a long shot.

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Terrible waste of time

Revisado: 07-24-22

I have read nearly every Heinlein book he ever wrote but struggled to get through this one.
80% of this was a build up that could have been done in a single chapter and the last two could have been expanded into an actual interesting story. I realize the backstory on how this was published but the people involved with compiling into a finished work did a really poor job. The choice of three narrators didn’t do anything to help improve on it either.

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Good for escapism

Revisado: 07-08-19

Plot was a little weak and the only twists introduced were predictable.
A lot of time was spent on the mundane hand to hand combat in his life but overall it was good escapism for the time devoted to it.

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Disappointed when compared to other's

Revisado: 05-31-16

This was a disappointing treatment of a decent story idea. More or less flat characters, predictable plot within a very limited environmental elaboration. In short it was a very modern story with names changed and told against a backdrop of the Middle Ages. Could have been easily the same exact story in any other timeline in history.

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It's like you were there..

Revisado: 05-31-16

Best in the series.
I've listened and read other historical fiction but most offer only a modern story within a "backdrop".
Saylor so meticulously details the environment, culture and politics of the time of the story that it's difficult to accept that it's not a firsthand account true events.

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Keeps getting better

Revisado: 03-05-16

I continued the Rosa sub Rosa series a little guarded after disappointment in Saylor's first book. This chapter of Gordiamous' life however was by far the best thus far in a series of steady progression in narrative detail, plot development and character building with each book.
I find myself now sneaking a few minutes here and there throughout my day to slip back into Ancient Rome and see how our protagonist and his family are doing.
I actually look forward now to my hourly commutes and all the traffic delays that come with them.

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Vivid Portrayal of Roman Life

Revisado: 01-15-16

What did you like best about Roman Blood? What did you like least?

I thoroughly enjoyed the vivid detail of Roman life but the story I found was a bit wooden and "sequential", much like you'd find in a first person shooter video game.
Each scene fed almost too neatly into the next, with equal time spent on each. A to B, B to C, C to D.
I don't want to say the plot was boring but it was rhythmic and predictable in its transitions to each part of the story. Im going to carry on with more in the series to see if Saylor's style matures.

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Not really.

What didn’t you like about Scott Harrison’s performance?

Didn't.
His attempts to change his voice between characters was poorly executed and at points was painful to the ear.

Do you think Roman Blood needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

There are more in the series. This question doesn't apply.

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