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Pulling a character from a point in history and
plopping them in the middle of the modern world is not
a new concept. However, I dont think Ive ever seen
it done with someone from ancient Egypt. Isis won the
physical battle over who would marry Osiris over her
sister. Her sister jealous, bitter, and using magic
sent Isis far away. She sent her smack dab in the
middle of present day Los Angeles.
Isis is understandably unhappy, confused, and scared.
She holds herself together relatively well, all things
considered. Someone miraculously recognizes her
accent as Egyptian, and takes her to the museum, where
mummies proceed to pop up and attack people. Isis
grabs the staff that Osiris gave her as a gift and
promptly thrashes the things. Oh, and the staff makes
her talk and understand English. Isnt that just so
convenient?
While its important to introduce characters, and plot
into the first book of a series, I found all of the
deus ex machina coincidences annoying. How many
people in LA know Egyptian from their elbow even if
the museums curator was your teacher at some point?
No one would make that gigantic leap of logic. Im
sorry. Shes not even wearing anything that looks
authentically Egyptian. I audibly groaned when I got
to the end and the staff of magic makes her talk and
comprehend English. I know many immigrants who would
adore a stick like that.
The clothes look horribly non-authentic and the women
look horribly fake. Their waists are way too small,
and their breasts look like theyd snap their backs.
And for the love of god, who gets in a melee or hand to
hand fight with their hair fully down? One swift tug
and they have your head in easy striking position.
* sigh * I think that in order to get Isis into the
museum where she would find out what had happened, the
writer rushed the logic horribly, and until problems
like that are fixed, its not worth picking up.
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