Nefertiti by Michelle Moran

 


Title: Nefertiti
Author: Michelle Moran
Reviewer: Karen
Genre: Adult Historical Fiction
Rating: Liked
Alerts/Warnings: Plague, Murder, Forced Abortion, etc
Premise: "Raised far from the Egyptian court with her sister, Mutnodjmet, the beautiful and ambitious Nefertiti becomes the wife of the radical new pharaoh, Amunhotep, encouraging his plans to overturn Egypt's state religion and making powerful enemies in the process.

Raised far from the Egyptian court with her sister, Mutnodjmet, the beautiful and ambitious Nefertiti becomes the wife of the radical new pharaoh, Amunhotep, encouraging his plans to overturn Egypt's state religion and making powerful enemies in the process. - See more at: http://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1010114082_nefertiti#sthash.EGQaIuXy.dpuf

Opinions: I found this novel fascinating. It wasn't told from Nefertiti's point of view, but from her sister's, Mutnodjmet. Mutnodjmet's story made me cry, and there were many times I would have loved to just smack Nefertiti in her behalf. But that just shows how intriguing this book is. I became so involved in the story, and some of the choices made that affected a nation, that I struggled to put the book down for the last two days.

This book does take a look at some of the possible difficulties that people faced in Egypt at that time, but also shows the strengths they had and their beliefs. Even though I may disagree with some of their lifestyle decisions, I am completely fascinated by the lives they lived. And Mutnodjmet is now one of my favorite characters of all time, for her loyalty to family, but her strength in learning to stand for what she believed in, in her own way.