The Quest

This is my first review of any product, yet I feel compelled to weigh in on how much disapointment I feel in this book. I have read almost every book Wilbur Smith has written with great pleasure. Action, adventure, foreign and exotic locales, compelling charaters...all are what I expect from Wilbur Smith. His Egypt series previously was cut from this same cloth.

With THE QUEST, however, he has gone off the tracks. Not only does the supernatural overshadow the action, history and adventure, the smarmy LORD OF THE RINGS reader lays on the goo even more.

I will not be able to finish even Part 1 of this book and I strongly suggest that Wilbur Smith fans approach with exteme caution.

If only I had been wiser I wouldn't be stuck for a month with no book to enjoy.

Somewhere between "The River God" and "The Quest," I think Wilbur Smith lost his mind. The former was a ripping good historical yarn, full of the kind of detail that brings the past alive. The latter takes a hard turn into fantasy, literally. I couldn't finish it.

I have read or listened to over 10 previous books by Wilber Smith, all enjoyable. I was excited to get the next in the Egypt series. I could not be more disappointed. This will probably be the first of many audio books I will not finish. All previous books have had some basis in history. This is without anchor. Too much supernatural mumbo jumbo (inner eye, mixing of Greek and Egyptian mythologies.) I have enjoyed his books before, because, in the process of a good story, there was some history to learn. This feels like it is happening on another earth.

At last an unabridged Wilbur Smith novel on Audible.

I have listen to every Smith audio book produced and there a large number of them in the libraries available to me. I have never found a single one to be a disappointment and this is no exception. The supernatural element is different for Smith, but highly enjoyable and well done.

This is a full bodied work that entertains from the beginning to the very end. Smith is a master at this. Why we don’t have all of his works on Audible is a mystery to me. They are excellent.

This is my first written review on Audible. I took the time to do this because the other reviews could not be more wrong. I don’t know what they are looking for in fiction book from an author like Wilbur Smith. This is a good listen.

I am a fan of King, Koontz, James Lee Burke, Crichton, Card, Lee Child, Larry McMurtry, John Grisham, Thomas Harris, Richard K Morgan, Tom Clancy, Ann Rice, and a large number of fiction writers.

I have over a 1000 audio novels. All of them are unabridged. I know a good listen when I here one.

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If you really want to know Smith's take on stem cell research, or you would like to taint your memories of Smith's best work, buy this book, but if you are interested because you loved River God turn back now. Even the reader of the series, Dick Hill, decided to take a pass. Follow his example. I'm angry that I wasted my money.

This has magic and assorted weirdness. I was looking for a mystery set in Ancient Egypt. This is a fantasy book set in Ancient Egypt. Not what I was looking for!

This was my first Wilbur Smith novel. I found it very interesting. I read mostly Historical Novels.
In fact most woman were given for wife in ancient times by the age of 12 or 14. Because life expectancy was tops 36years. The mythology and magic was fun and yes there was graphic ugliness, but also amazing beauty. I enjoyed this book very much. And hope to enjoy more like this

This is my first Wilbur Smith book, so i won't hold it against him, since he receives generally high praise for many of his other volumes.

Imagine your spouse's boss has invited you over for dinner with her and her husband. After a modest and unimpressive dinner, they insist on showing you vacation slides, and you feel obligated to stay. In the interminable parade of photos of people you don't know in places you've never been, every so often, an interesting pictures pops up, which keeps you from falling asleep, but on the whole, you'd rather just be done with it and back in your car, actually moving somewhere.

This was my experience with this book.

I couldn’t be more unimpressed with this book. It was a sad attempt at vaguely erotic fiction, lacking the nerve, ability or knowledge to pull it off. It was a total waist of time and money. If I could give it less than one star I would.

I have listened almost all of Mr Smiths books...! But this one I've tried to listen 3 times but each it time I STOP & say to my self "...what is going on or where in _ _ _ _ am I...?

Sure wished Audible gave rebates...!!!!!! DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!