Maybe I do know what I don’t like about this book. It drones on and on about stuff I’d really like to tell you about but it was so boring I cannot even remember. As for the story, there is sooo much superfluous minutia that seriously add zero to the story. Plus, her voice is so soft and monotone I want to stab sharp instruments in my ears. They should have her narrating the insomnia books. One thing I do know for certain is Liza Goddard is the WORST. And to make matters worse, I still cannot tell if it is the story, the characters, or the narrators. I seriously cannot tell you who the characters are or what is going on because I cannot stay interested in it long enough to pay attention. I have started and stopped this book three times in a month each time thinking it would get better after some time away from it. I am 8 hours in and at least half of them were background noise. How do I hate thee? Let me count the ways. And the reviews for this ‘best selling novel’ ? Off the charts. I love long stories, especially volumes that I can continue, especially if it’s a good story! And this book sounded like a perfect fit for me. It is a world of passion and courage and spectacular, heart-felt heroism pitched against overwhelming odds. This is the unforgettable world of tribal Britain in the years before the Romans came: a twilight world of Dreamers and the magic of the gods a world where warriors fight for honour as much as victory. Gloriously imagined, Boudica: Dreaming the Eagle re-creates the beginnings of a story so powerful its impact has survived through the ages, recounting the coming of age of Breaca, who at 12 kills her first warrior.
It was the culmination of nearly 20 years of resistance against an occupying force that sought to crush a vibrant, complex civilisation and replace it with the laws, taxes and slavery of the Roman Empire.
In AD 60, Boudica, war leader of the Eceni, led her people in a final bloody revolt against the occupying armies of Rome. Manda Scott's Boudica will tell the extraordinary, resounding story of Britain's first and greatest warrior queen, the woman who remains one of the great female icons.
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