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Summary: Great book, Gripping, I was mad when it was over!!!!!
Review: Gary Jennings is a great story teller! His careful research and sensitivity is evident at every page. I could not put this book down. I read late into the night on many occasions.I felt that I was able to understand the Aztec culture from the inside as I read this book. Some people say that there is too much sex in this book, but I feel that it is there as an essential part of the plot, and that it reminds us that we are in a different culture as we read this book. I kept wondering how the Spanyards could consider themselves superior to the people of the One World. Being of Mexican descent I kept rooting for the Aztecs to rout the invaders from Spain. This book feels like home to me. I am reading Aztec Autumn now and it is just as gripping! I have started to use a few Nahuatl words like tonali (fate/desitny) in my thoughts. I recommend this book to anyone, but you must keep an open mind.
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Summary: Cannot put into words how much I love this book!
Review: You'll never put this book down once you start reading it
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Summary: One of my great treasures out of lifes basket..
Review: The authenticity of this masterpiece de-rives from the scribes (Spanish) who chronicled the Aztec daily lives.(By command of the Spanish throne.)
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Summary: Too Much Sex
Review: This gripping novel, well researched and at times utterly facinating, is marred by an incredible number of pointless yet lengthy sex scenes that seem to take up half the book and almost never develope plot or character. A pity.
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Summary: Robust, haunting, spiritual, lusty, Aztec is all and more!
Review: "Mixtpantzinco", everyone! I read this book twice, and I could never put it down. Jennings is nothing short of amazing, by far my favorite author! Being of Mexican descent, I felt very proud of the peoples of my bloodline, and was so fortunate to learn such a rich and diverse history of the various tribes of "Cem-Anahuac", The One World. In this book as well as in Aztec Autumn, Jennings has portrayed these ancient Mexicans as intelligent, prosporous, ambitious, self-sufficient, hard-working, proud, and above all, noble. I've also read Aztec Autumn, Spangle, and The Journeyer. (If I thought Aztec was good, The Journeyer was even better!) Whenever I read anything by this man, I experience rage, fear, sadness, lust, shock, disgust, glee, and every other emotion. Currently I'm reading Raptor, and as soon as I'm done with that, I'm going to read all the other works by Jennings not as popularly known as these five historical novels. I've been losing sleep from reading half the night, but I don't care!!!
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Summary: Historically accurate drek
Review: This book, although enthralling in it's historical accuracy, is so disgustingly graphic in the descriptions of the various sexual encounters of the main characters as to be sickening. This is the life story of Mixtli, a lower-class Aztec man born on the eve of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, as told from his perspective. This book has great potential, but unfotunately the pornographic overtones cheapen it drastically. Furthermore, the various experiences described in the first seven or eight hundred pages, although interesting, do not call for nearly that much length. However, the final two hundred or so pages are thrilling enough to partially make up for the earlier shortcomings. Furthermore, Mr. Jennings' talent for creating lifelike and vivid characters is a great asset to the novel. Unfortunately, he has a tendency to kill them off after a couple of chapters. All in all, this book is a predictable story of love and adventure that makes up for many of it's shortcomings with it's historical accuracy.
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Summary: Yya Ayyo!!!
Review: when I first started reading this bookI was a little annoyed at all the foreign words (i.e. Mitzpantico, Nezahuilpili, &c.) but after a short while, I was so captivated by the storythat these foreign words came as second nature. A fascinating book about a fascinating people. This book can be a little graphic at times but it is essential to the story. I will be reading the sequel soon.
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Summary: Absolutely Incredible ...
Review: I'm a huge historical fiction buff, and even I was put off by the size of this book. When I finally did break down and buy it I couldn't put it down. To be honest, my life completely revolved around this book. The mail piled up, bills went unpaid ... it's *that* good. I'm a fast reader, but even I had to pause and savor certain pages. The descriptions are "beyond description" and the characters must have been real to be portrayed so vividly. Just read the book.
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Summary: out of sight. Bye
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Summary: Truly Breathtaking
Review: As many of the other customer reviews have already pointed out, this book is a masterpiece of historical fiction which keeps you up reading late into the night as you can't put the book down. I enjoyed the book so much that I immediately bought the sequel and am finding it just as intriguing. Gary Jennings clarifies how "primitive" the Aztecs were compared to the Conquistadors: throughout the book I found myself thinking of the Conquistadors as the primitive, barbaric ones while I rooted for the Aztecs to defeat the invasion even though the end result is already known. An informative, funny, sad book which leaves you wanting more. Journeyor is definitely going to be my next purchase!
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