Comments on: Review: The Mistress of Abha, William Newton

By: caroline powell

caroline powell — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 19:50:59 +0000

I totally disagree with the negative comments. I found this book completely riveting. It is not necessary to have everything spelt out, explained and justified. This is not history and does not claim to be so it is a mistake in having preconceived ideas. That is the benefit of having an imagination.
I have thoroughly enjoyed reading it but I would recommend it selectively – namely to those whose taste in books coincide with mine.

By: ramo azmah

ramo azmah — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:48:54 +0000

i feel the reviewer is rather unfair as the book is quite captivating in depicting rather accurately both the geographic and the historic setting of the novel as well as the social traits and mores of the people concerned.

By: heidenkind

heidenkind — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:17:56 +0000

The synopsis does sound really clunky. And I hate it when books don’t tell the story from the perspective of the character everything happens to!

By: bermudaonion (Kathy)

bermudaonion (Kathy) — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:11:51 +0000

Sorry to see this one’s a stinker!

By: cbjames

cbjames — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:40:12 +0000

This is why I stopped doing Librarything.com Early Reviewers. Too many books ended up like this one. You have to be very, very careful what you wish for when you sign up for books at Librarything.com.

By: zibilee

zibilee — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:35:13 +0000

I’m sorry this one let you down, and from your description, it sounds like I may have a hard time with this one myself, so I am going to heed you and skip it. Thanks for the honest review!

By: Beth F

Beth F — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:04:55 +0000

I’m definitely taking your word on this. Surely there is some other Arabia-type book that is worth reading.