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I loved this almost more than I can say! Was idly looking for Rome-inspired alternate histories (alternate history is a genre I admire - I wrote a couple YA ones myself - and immersed currently in a nonfiction project about Gibbon's Decline a nd Fall, I'm toying with the idea of writing a Roman alternate history of my own) and couldn't believe how perfectly this book matched all my criteria. It's well-written, the storytelling is excellent, the world is thoughtfully imagined, there's a small and well-integrated fantasy element but the dominant mode is realist, the characters are amazing. It's sophisticated enough for adult readers but there's a slight YA feel (teenage characters - and a vague hint of John Christopher's Tripod books unless I am much mistaken). I was captivated from start to finish, and am exciting to read vols. 2 and 3 now. My one bit o f grumpiness: how come I didn't hear about this book right away when it came out? It's so good!


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Romanitas Romanitas Trilogy 1 Sophia McDougall 9780752877099 Books Reviews

I picked this book up thinking it would be a counterfactual analysis of what would have happened if Rome had never fallen. If that is also what you want I will explain below why you should avoid this book like the plague. Similarly, if you want a science fiction book in the style of John Wyndham (although you are a little closer to the mark) this is not the book for you. If however, you are a big fan of the 1970's UK TV series "Tomorrow's People" and have been waiting for a slightly dumbed down version in print - please buy the book and stop reading the review - as it will contain spoilers.

I do actually have a problem with the concept of a book asking the question "what would have happened if the Roman empire had survived?". My problem is that there is a very simple answer, it is called Byzantium. Nevertheless, I do get the premise; when people speak of Rome in this context they mean the Rome of Julius Caesar and they are really asking what would have happened if the Roman empire had not evolved. That is a very interesting question because clearly the post republican Rome between Augustus and Marcus Aurelius was a very conservative society, very different from our own but fundamentally successful - and in many respects fundamentally bad (slavery and absolute authoritarianism being just two of the problems). We could learn a lot by a mental exercise considering that society brought forward in time. I fear Sophia McDougall is not the person to attempt such an exercise, her Rome is based more on Asterix than Gibbon. To be fair I do not believe she ever really meant to attempt any such thing, all she really wanted was a backdrop to a science fiction story about a group of telepaths. Not such a bad idea and I can imagine that John Wyndham could have produced a pretty good novel on that basis, but Sophia McDougall is not John Wyndham.

The book is not badly written (in my opinion) it is just that the characters behave knowingly. They know they are characters in a book and they know that the book is being read by people who need to have the story explained to them and contextualised. If this was the TV program it so obviously wants to be, then the actors would be permanently looking into camera and making poignant gestures. A bit irritating.
just received - haven't read yet - in great shape - I can't tell you if it is a good read because I haven't read it yet
Refreshingly Original Speculative Fiction
Odd tempo. Seems to be written to start up a sequel.
I bought this book because the idea of a Roman Empire that continues to present day and encompasses a lot of the world may serve as a good stage for very interesting stories. However, as I was reading the book I could not but feel I was reading soap opera material. I kept on reading hoping it would improve, but it never did. In fact, the author could have used an Egyptian Empire, a Green Empire, an Aztec Empire or even an imaginary country and world where to set this story, and all she needed to change were the names and the places...there is hardly any Roman essence to the story that could not have been changed by that of another Empire-bound civilization where members of the royal family fight for the crown and change death in the cross by an equivalent slow death sentence. The second book, Rome Burning, was more of the same. This writer has potential, but for my taste she is not quite there just yet.
I loved this almost more than I can say! Was idly looking for Rome-inspired alternate histories (alternate history is a genre I admire - I wrote a couple YA ones myself - and immersed currently in a nonfiction project about Gibbon's Decline a nd Fall, I'm toying with the idea of writing a Roman alternate history of my own) and couldn't believe how perfectly this book matched all my criteria. It's well-written, the storytelling is excellent, the world is thoughtfully imagined, there's a small and well-integrated fantasy element but the dominant mode is realist, the characters are amazing. It's sophisticated enough for adult readers but there's a slight YA feel (teenage characters - and a vague hint of John Christopher's Tripod books unless I am much mistaken). I was captivated from start to finish, and am exciting to read vols. 2 and 3 now. My one bit o f grumpiness how come I didn't hear about this book right away when it came out? It's so good!