Kate Mosse Labyrinth Review

Overall Rating

Full or interesting historical data about a period and place that holds much fascination. The inclusion of a grail story adds attraction.

Reading this immediately after The Da Vinci Code it is obvious that Dan Brown's narrative flow is far superior. The parallel stories and time slips are confusing as well as frustrating. The plot of mixed memories just did not work for me - I also felt the book needed tidying up with a further edit as there were loose unexplained ends. How did Alice acquire a wound on the inside of her elbow at the beginning of the book - never explained.
The conclusion of the book seemed rushed and unconvincing - it was not entirely clear what was happening or why and it probably deserved more pages of description than it was given.
Labyrinth is an interesting tale of two lives that are interlinked and interwoven and the story is clearly based on considerable research but I was left wishing that the book had been critically edited before its release.