![]() Often, these are the reviews that make me think critically about what I just read. Now, you need to know that my favorite thing to do after finishing a book I enjoyed is to go read the one-star reviews on GoodReads. There are other great characters, but these three are the POVs. The main players are Thea (a slave girl/woman), Arius (a gladiator), and Lepida Pollia (the villain and also a member of the middle-upper class). Mistress of Rome is a multiple POV book that covers the rule of Emperor Domitian from start to finish. ![]() Especially the ones I loathe.Īnd I just read a really good one – Mistress of Rome, by Kate Quinn.Ī Brief Aside – It was a tantalizing breath of fresh air to find a historical fiction book set in something other than World War 2.Īnyway! If you haven’t read it – THERE BE SPOILERS AHEAD, TURN AWAY I tell you that because since that personal experience I now pay a LOT more attention to the villains in the books I read. It took awhile, but I eventually did round him out. ![]() The heroine overcame his dastardly plan (and looked heroic) and then he ran away only to show up later and try again. He showed up when it was convenient and caused trouble. The first draft of The Star of Time was plagued with this. I mean the cardboard cut-out that exists to make the hero look heroic. ![]() I’m not talking about the ones with weak motivation. I think we are all painfully familiar with the motivation-less villian. ![]()
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