![]() ![]() He is more annoying in that he's in no way modest since he's narrating, he constantly tells you how good he is at everything, not that he's trying to brag. He is amazing at everything he does and touches - writing, invention, music, invention, military strategy, architecture, sculpture, invention, painting, invention, science, weather prediction, cartography, astrology, fortune telling, invention, etc. It is full of 2-dimensional characters who never change (or change from one flat personality to another), constant deus ex machina (in the form of actual egyptian gods) and somewhat creepily sexual writing that is out of place and excessive.River God is narrated by a slave Taita, who, the way the book tells it, is the pinnacle of human life. In general the story isn't bad, but the writing made me cringe at best, and annoyed or angry at worst. I didn't hate the book, but i sure hated parts of it. ![]() ![]() A decent story about life in egypt around 2000BC is marred by hamfisted writing. ![]()
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