Paul Tudor Owen’s The Weighing of the Heart review: ‘I could spend hours writing about this book’
Donna at She Just Wanted to Read has written a lovely four-star review of my novel The Weighing of the Heart.
It’s difficult to know where to start and I could spend hours writing about this book. It took me a mere two days to get through.
As a debut novel, this is up there with the best of them. It’s a complex story with so many layers, including mental health, love, betrayal, a British man finding his way in America and Egyptian mythology! (Where can I find myself a scarab?!)
For me, this was a real page turner which picked up its pace suddenly and gave a great twist towards the end. I’d be so excited if there was a prequel from Hannah or a follow up from Lydia and their point of view!
It is difficult to talk about the story without giving too much away, so I do wholeheartedly advice you to go away and buy this book to read for yourself, but I love how it turns on it’s head almost and your viewpoints and feelings towards characters are constantly changing.
You find yourself asking questions about the characters and the answers being revealed in a way that keeps you turning the pages. This book is definitely expertly written in terms of character development and I will remember this one.
The focus around Egyptian mythology grabbed me straight away, this has always been an era I have been intrigued by and really enjoyed looking up different parts of it as a result of this read raising it to my attention.
It was a very easy read and I enjoyed it so much I would like to put the link here for you should you wish to take a look for yourself.
Have you read this book? If so, let me know as I’d love to hear from you to discuss it. If not, you definitely should!
You can buy The Weighing of the Heart for 99p here or 99c here, and read its numerous 5-star reviews!
It has been shortlisted for the 2019-20 People’s Book Prize.
