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Pandora Et La Vanité Tome 2 (2008)

by Carolyn Hennesy(Favorite Author)

4.03 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

2896670408 (ISBN13: 9782896670406)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

AdA jeunesse

series

Mythic Misadventures

review 1: A bit of a let-down after the previous book. Whereas the liberties taken with history didn’t bother me in book one – primarily because they were centered on one culture – here I just couldn’t ignore them. Throwing together 1,500 years of history (from Homer to Mohammed) and smashing a half-dozen different cultures and time periods into the same era was too much. I think the last straw was seeing the myth of Cleopatra’s beauty perpetuated in the supposedly factual glossary. (The only evidence (from coins, writings, etc.) that we have attesting to her looks indicates that she was not especially attractive.) Still, that she was the recipient of Vanity would have worked fine if Osiris had not said at the end that she would be “the most beautiful of queens”, but i... morenstead had recited the truth: “She will be plain in looks, but brilliant in mind.” I know it’s just a kids book, but why not reinforce historic fact when there’s no literary reason not to?(And then there's the fact that Cleopatra was Greek, not Egyptian, which throws the final scenes into disarray. I'm not asking for an historical novel, but a modicum of research by the author would have been nice and would have educated her young readers.)
review 2: eek!!!!! Hera (queen of heavan also zeus's wife) goes to aeolus (god of winds) and asks for a storm to throw pandy & co off their ship!!!! aeolus tries 2 times first time he didnt second time he did!!! on land pandy falls through the sand into a place.... a place with huge pointy sticks that have bodys on them!!!! homer and alcie and iole try 2 save her. but can they??????!!! u must read this book to find out!! less

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