Jonathan Arnold reviewed Three Stones Make a Wall by Eric H. Cline
Review of 'Three Stones Make a Wall' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
So this book was mentioned in a book I also abandoned ([b:The Girl at the Border|39078026|The Girl at the Border|Leslie Archer|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1537299747s/39078026.jpg|60636799]) earlier this year. It was about an archaeological dig and one of the characters mentioned she was reading again her dog eared copy of the "classic" archaeology book, Three Stones Make A Wall. I looked it up and sure enough, it is a real book and very well though of, at least on Goodreads.
Now admittedly, I am being a lot more aggressive about putting books on my Abandoned shelf. With a To Read list of over 1300(!) books, I don't have time for books that just don't agree with me. And, unfortunately, this was another one. My basic complaint with it is that it is written in short little bursts of 3 or 4 paragraphs, literally demarcated by a small graphic when the author "segues" into the next …
So this book was mentioned in a book I also abandoned ([b:The Girl at the Border|39078026|The Girl at the Border|Leslie Archer|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1537299747s/39078026.jpg|60636799]) earlier this year. It was about an archaeological dig and one of the characters mentioned she was reading again her dog eared copy of the "classic" archaeology book, Three Stones Make A Wall. I looked it up and sure enough, it is a real book and very well though of, at least on Goodreads.
Now admittedly, I am being a lot more aggressive about putting books on my Abandoned shelf. With a To Read list of over 1300(!) books, I don't have time for books that just don't agree with me. And, unfortunately, this was another one. My basic complaint with it is that it is written in short little bursts of 3 or 4 paragraphs, literally demarcated by a small graphic when the author "segues" into the next bit of info. And I put segues into quotes because there are no segues - he just leaps into the next 3 or 4 paragraphs, somewhat attached to the previous ones.
It just wasn't very elegant or interesting. It was hard to follow and thus I gave up after about 50 pages. Maybe if the style doesn't put you off like it did me, you would find it interesting. But I just couldn't get past it, so onto the Abandoned shelf it goes.