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River God

Name: River God
Author: Wilbur Smith

by Wilbur Smith

1993•Adventure•550 pages

Taste attributes: adventurehistoricalromancewarunsavouryheavyimaginarylinearbig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questlove conquers allinjustice/tragedy/vengeance

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Boxlist takeA larger-than-life, sweeping adventure novel: stirring and unsavoury. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

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4.4 / 5

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About This Book

For Tanus, the fair-haired young lion of a warrior, the gods have decreed that he will lead Egypt's army in a bold attempt to reunite the Kingdom's shared halves.

Description: Open Library

Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

AdventureHistoricalRomanceWarAll consuming questLove conquers allInjustice/tragedy/vengeance

Subjects

EunuchsSlavesHistorySlaveryEgyptEunuquesEsclavesHistoire

Details

Author: Wilbur Smith
Published: 1993
Pages: 550
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Source: Open Library

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