Friday, September 5, 2008
I give Labyrinth a big, Eh

The truth is I wanted to love Labyrinth by Kate Mosse, because the topics were intriguing and I enjoyed the main characters. For me the story of the Holy Grail has always been fascinating. But it didn't actually get and keep my attention until about page 300. I don't know about you but I am not a believer that it should take hundreds of pages to captivate the reader.

In the beginning I had trouble with the way this story was broken down. There are two components and each has their own leading character. Alias is the lead while the story takes place in the 1200s and Alice is the lead during present time 2000s.

Throughout the story there is extreme attention paid to each and every detail. Even those which really weren't necessary to be in the book at all. Although I love getting into a good book and breathing the very descriptions it just didn't work for me here.

There are way too many characters who all have similar names from one year to the next. There are too many things going on and they change scenes so often I forget where each paragraph is meant to be living.

The ending was terrible. Terrible. I know it's not easy to end a story on the holy grail and it has been done so many times you kind of have to really iron out some kinks to make your ending better or different. Unfortunately, this author failed. Maybe I can see where she was going with it, but she sort of threw it all away.

So why would I say it's a 3-star book? Because it is evident the author painfully researched the topic and wanted to be as realistic as possible. She wrote about other things which interested me including herbalism. Plus, Alias was quite the spunky lady for her time and I enjoyed her passion as a character.

So if you're still interested, than buy the book, Labyrinth.

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