This was my 37th book finished in 2024.

I didn't really like this one. It was a bit all over the place and I found it a little difficult to engage with.

The lines between history and mythology are a bit blurred at the start, and he seems to confuse the reader by being very vague between Maya and Aztec people. He also seems to use "Mexican" and "Aztec" interchangeably - which is obviously incorrect. At one point, he even calls them "Indians" - horribly dated language.

I swear 80% of the book was about sacrificing. I didn't seem to learn anything, as the only thing I can remember is "the Aztecs loved human sacrifice". I went to Mexico City (Tenochtitlan) last year, and there was so much more to see and learn about than human sacrifice. This book would make you think that's literally all they did.

Ultimately, it was quite Euro-centric and judgemental.