Kate Mosse Labyrinth Review

Overall Rating

Interesting adventure/mystery story, seems well-researched.

Too descriptive, unnecessarily lengthy at points, gaps in connectivity, slow to get the ball rolling.

Overall, I enjoyed the foundation and idea of the story but feel it could have been better presented and written. The descriptions were too lengthy in many places, enough to where it actually distracted me from getting into the story. I noticed this from the first page. I felt the overuse of non-English words here and there within the English dialogue was annoying. Additionally, there are times when the sides of Alice and Alais do not come together smoothly or in cronological order. I had to go and re-read beginning parts of the story to remind myself how they connected to some of the characters at the end. I feel like it could have flowed better if some of the happenings at the beginning had been readdressed throughout the book, as some of them seemed like random events until the very end.

One thing readers might want to be aware of is how slow to the plot moves along tread considering how many pages are covered. It's not until around page 500 that things really start moving, and by then a lot of potenial readers would have probably already put it down.

I think the book has a good foundation and I was intrigued enough to read until the end, but I found similar stories like the Di Vinci Code to be much more engaging writing flow-wise and in tone. Those interested in fiction that incorporates history, mystery, and intrigue will probably enjoy the book if you can get past the overdone writing style.