A review by mqabbadbest
Troy: Fall Of Kings by David Gemmell

dark emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

This book was a very good book, held back by its absolute breakneck pace. No time was given for these characters to grieve the deaths of their family members. We get an immediate reaction and that's it, the story moves a few days or a week later, in the next page. 

Good Lord, was the Gershom reveal surprising. That shit made me put down my Kindle to ask myself how I missed it. I mean it was difficult to actually guess that Gershom was Moses, THE Moses. The biggest hint was his name...Ahmose. What I want to know is who are Yeshua and that healer that Ahmose brought to help Helikaon in book 2. One of them has to be God, right...? I mean Kassandra was talking to the healer apparently, in her visions, so maybe he was God?

Hektor and Achilles' end was also surprising, considering it is a BIG change from the story of the Trojan War. Both of them dying, Achilles by poison and Hektor succumbing to his wounds after they both killed Agamemnon's Followers gave me goosebumps. The deaths here suffer as well, as I feel like they could have had a bigger impact on the narrative if only the Gemmells slowed the story down.