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3 out of 5 stars
By
Jim "The Impatient"
on
12-10-11
Mary Renault is better
This reads like something Mary Renault would write and she would do a better job.
The story is based on probably the oldest known story ever written. That alone makes it interesting. It is the story of a King from his childhood to late adulthood. Like all Silverberg books the prose is good. RS is one of the more talented writers around. It is written in first person by the King. As a youth he is confused over all the religious rituals and little is done to explain them to him. He learns as he goes. He grows up in the story and he becomes what he thinks is nearly a God. He is big and strong and he sleeps with several women a night (It's good to be the King).
Though there are lots of demons and such mentioned in the story, we see through his adventures how these are just how they explain anything they do not understand. We also see how Kings do not have all the power as they must deal with the priests and the priestess and what the people expect. Though the main character thinks he is a God, he is very human in his thoughts and even though I did not like the main character, I have no doubt this was what he was like in real life and how I would probably be under the same circumstances.
I gave this 3 stars, some four and five star RS books would be: AT Winter's End, The Word Inside and Downward To Earth.
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5 out of 5 stars
By
susan
on
07-06-17
Gilgamesh
great story made modern and understandable. good read, may want to listen again and again.
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