Medicus: A Novel of the Roman Empire
by Ruth Downie
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Author: Ruth DownieEdition: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2007-03-06
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Book Reviews of Medicus: A Novel of the Roman Empire
Book Review: Almost......
Summary: 3 Stars
Mrs. Ruch Downie nearly made it with MEDICUS. It's like you put all of your effort cooking a great meal for all your friends and only during dinner you realize that it could have been perfect with a little more of TABASCO and salt. Yep, that's exactly what happened to MEDICUS.
The tale follows the life of Ruso, a Medicus for the Roman Empire that is exiled to the far frontier of the empire (Britania). Ruso is a extremely likable fellow, he is troubled by almost the same issues of a modern person. Debts, divorce and a particular anoying boss. The only difference to us, "normal people".
Ruso suddenly gets involved in the investigation of the assasination of prostitudes in the town that sorrounds the Roman Post. All against his will, he owns enough problems and there is no way he will add more to the list. In the process he gets involved with a slave who plays a key role in the investigation.
As mentioned before, MEDICUS lacks. Don't get me wrong it has a good plot and well defined characters. The sorround of the tale give's you a fair notion of how was life in Britian during the Roman ruling. I would say that the book is definetly SLOW and some more action never hurts.
I still have to read the second book of the series but to be totally honest I will invest my time reading some R.R. Martin and somewhere in the future I will give a shot to the next book.
Cheers.
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