She (Abridged) Audiobook

" A great book. I've read it two or three times and am inching to read it again. This and King Solomon's Mines are the progenitors of about half the books on the best seller list, but they're a lot better written. "

" I don't think I could be friends with someone who didn't enjoy this book. "

" Although I am a huge fan of fiction from Victorian times, this book was somewhat disappointing. As it was billed as science fiction, I expected it to be somewhat connected to science or technology. However it proved to be a disinteresting fantasy that took several hours too long to read. I believe that the book would have been more palatable had the author chosen to transcribe the Arabic script into common English instead of a flowery high English to try and convey the fact that they were speaking an ancient language. This is a good tool to use in a short story, but it loses its magic quickly in a full-length novel. It did however have some interesting conversations and some prose that was worth reading. I think I would have enjoyed it a lot more if it had been billed as fantasy or travel fiction and not as a science fiction adventure. "

" At first I thought this book was going to be very pro-women but that is the farthest thing from the truth. The whole story sets itself up to talk about the character of Leo but you spend the entire narration listening to Holly and his take on things. It's a good book to analyze but I found little enjoyment because I kept waiting for things to happen and mostly this "adventure" novel was a "let's hear some stories" novel. "

" Finally finished this on the M27 in a traffic jam! No, I was not driving but it did kill 2 hours! "

" Florid old-school sci-fi from the Jules Verne era. Nothing scarier than a supernaturally powerful female to folks in that era (and many today, too). The source for the phrase "she who must be obeyed." "

" I had so much fun reading this! My Victorian Lit professor would be proud. Here's the full review on my site. https://litbeetle.wordpress.com/2012/... "

" Want to see the beginning of Fantasy fiction. Then read this. "

" I don't usually get into 19th century novels about aristocratic adventurers and "savages." But with a main character called "She Who Must Be Obeyed," how could I resist. I actually quite enjoyed this and its an easy read. "

" The prose is a bit overbaked in places, and the narrator isn't nearly as fun as the guy in King Solomon's Mines. But the climax is pretty cool, and indeed even manages to be rather poignant. "

" I got to Chapter 22. I just couldn't keep going. The first fives chapters were interesting but then I just couldn't get into it. I tried. "

" I really liked this one. He has such a beautiful writing style "

" this book about the mythical queen of a lost city in the jungles of africa should have been better. "

" I had to read this for an otherwise interesting class on Victorian Adventure and Children's books. I threw this across the room at least twice in total frustration. It's easily one of the most misogynist things I've ever read. "

" Adventure in its finest form "

" This is a story of lost civilizations, ancient magic, and a complex and engaging foe.It would be a great book, if not for the author's constant bigotry, misogyny, and sermonizing. I will most likely choose not to revisit H. Rider Haggard. "

" Sometimes, life is really worth the trouble. "

" Some of the passages are so moving, so descriptive, that it makes you want to stand on a chair and be Holly in that moment. "

" For young boys, quite silly, yet clearly influential. "