Diane H. (njoybeing) - reviewed on 1/26/2009 + 24 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

Plot Summary: 3 children in Ancient Egypt, skilled Alchemists, become immortals. The story details their relationship, their morality, their ambitions, their dreams for themselves and the world.

Main characters: Han- the narrator of the story. Complex, intellectual, cold and calculating. Nefar- the female "lead" of the story: self absorbed, ambitious
Akan- a poet/ dreamer/ somewhat nuts.


Best About this Book: the story, the writing. The story is original, huge in scope but also managing to capture me completely in the small details. When this author describes a place/ an event, I SEE it. I flew through the pages, needing to know what came next.

Worst About this Book: oddly enough, the characters. None of them were particularly sympathetic and I was cheering against them as much as for them, much of the time. They were really hard to relate to, but at the same time, fascinating.

Summary: I got this book from the library but am debating whether or not to put it on my wishlist anyway. It is not a favorite book of mine, but I really think that I will want to read it again sometime. More slowly. There is so much to absorb. If you like books that make you wonder, make you think twice, with lots of twists and turns and moral gray areas... you will enjoy this book. DEFINITELY worth a credit!

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