Book Review
May. 3rd, 2004 12:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariThe Sceptre
by Dorothy Ann Mills
This book seemed to have alot of potential, but, unfortunately, very little of it was realized. The author had some good ideas in her plot and character. It's about an Austrian immigrant in pre-WWII America, who, while pursuing her dreams and makign an independent life for herself, gets involved in some mild intrigue regarding an ancient Celtic artifact and a Nazi plot to disrupt the Salzburg festival. These two things are only tangentially related, however. Providing the backdrop to the story is the significance that two Celtic symbols hold for the main character.
It all sounded good, as if it would be a little like Katherine Neville's book The Eight. However, I found the execution to be strikingly amateurish. The prose style was competent and readable, but pretty basic overall. The plot didn't move as smoothly as it should have in places, particularly at the beginning. I also wish that Mills had made the events into a more cohesive thread. I kept feeling as if the book could have (and probably should have) been more exciting than it actually was. It was readable, but not recommendable.
by Dorothy Ann Mills
This book seemed to have alot of potential, but, unfortunately, very little of it was realized. The author had some good ideas in her plot and character. It's about an Austrian immigrant in pre-WWII America, who, while pursuing her dreams and makign an independent life for herself, gets involved in some mild intrigue regarding an ancient Celtic artifact and a Nazi plot to disrupt the Salzburg festival. These two things are only tangentially related, however. Providing the backdrop to the story is the significance that two Celtic symbols hold for the main character.
It all sounded good, as if it would be a little like Katherine Neville's book The Eight. However, I found the execution to be strikingly amateurish. The prose style was competent and readable, but pretty basic overall. The plot didn't move as smoothly as it should have in places, particularly at the beginning. I also wish that Mills had made the events into a more cohesive thread. I kept feeling as if the book could have (and probably should have) been more exciting than it actually was. It was readable, but not recommendable.
