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Book Review: Brigantia, by Adrian Goldsworthy
When I began reading this series, I enjoyed the characters of Ferox and Vindex, and considered the story somewhat as a Roman crime novel. Being honest, the series has taken a different direction, being more military and violent, following the political scheming and shifting alliances between rebellious Britons and conspiratorial Romans. Although I enjoyed aspects of this novel, in particular the bewilderment of Ferox and his provincial companions as they venture around Londinium, I found it hard to keep all the characters and plots clear in my head, and it became a bit of a slog through predictable traps, incarcerations, druidic rituals, and one battle after another. I believe it's the end of the trilogy, but it did not feel as though all the loose ends had been tidied up.
When I began reading this series, I enjoyed the characters of Ferox and Vindex, and considered the story somewhat as a Roman crime novel. Being honest, the series has taken a different direction, being more military and violent, following the political scheming and shifting alliances between rebellious Britons and conspiratorial Romans. Although I enjoyed aspects of this novel, in particular the bewilderment of Ferox and his provincial companions as they venture around Londinium, I found it hard to keep all the characters and plots clear in my head, and it became a bit of a slog through predictable traps, incarcerations, druidic rituals, and one battle after another. I believe it's the end of the trilogy, but it did not feel as though all the loose ends had been tidied up.