Reviewed by -- Maegan
Book Review of --
Valley of Thracians by
Ellis Shuman
My overall star rating
--- 5
About the book:
A Peace Corps
volunteer has gone missing in Bulgaria and everyone assumes he is dead,
everyone except his grandfather, who refuses to give up hope. Retired
literature professor Simon Matthews launches a desperate search only to be
lured into a bizarre quest to retrieve a stolen Thracian artifact—a unique
object of immense value others will stop at nothing to recover. Matthews
travels through a Balkan landscape dotted with ancient tombs and fortresses,
unaware that his grandson has been confined to an isolated mountain cabin,
slowly recovering from a severe head injury. Nothing can be taken at face
value, as the woman assisting Matthews in his quest and the nurse caring for
his injured grandson may have ulterior motives in helping the two reunite. Even
when Matthews succeeds in joining up with his grandson, departure from Bulgaria
is only possible if the missing relic can be
found.
Book creation ratings:
Overall total, out of
30 --29
-- Story &
characters -- 10
-- Cover & title
-- 10
-- Editing &
formatting -- 9
* based on a 1-10
scale with: 1-4, poor; 5-7, good; 8-10,
very good.*
The review --
The author has shown
that sometimes when kids go down the wrong path, they can turn back to the
right one. The author has done a wonderful job describing the places in the
story, that it feels like actually being there. In the story, the author shows
how strong family ties can be and how to not give up on the ones we love. The
characters are very well written and the story flows wonderfully. The history
and culture in the book is really awesome and wonderfully written into the
story, that it seems like this could have actually taken
place.
Reader Recommendations
Genre -- Historical/
mystery
Age recommendations --
14
Sex content rating -- none
Violence rating -- mild
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