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Originally Posted by Fbone
The writing should have been better. Dialogue was not authentic ancient Roman but more like northern Californian. He overuses certain words and phrases. He gave away the ending too soon and removed some of the intrigue.
Also, compared to other books I've read I felt it was just shy of previously rated "C."
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I really, really enjoy Steven Saylor's books. This first one in the series is certainly not the best; they get a LOT better.