The 100th Generation by Justine Saracen

The 100th Generation by Justine Saracen

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Drat, I forgot to write a review for this book. mmphs. Right, let's do a quick recap for when I glance at the book later and wonder what the fuck the book is about.

Archaeologist Valerie Foret is working on a dig site in Egypt. Close enough to the giant pyramids to occasionally wander by, far enough away that she has to ride a long distance on camel. Which is where the book opens –Valerie on camel riding in out of the desert to get supplies, watch an opera, and fuck the local archaeologist council’s wife (you know, just to throw a bit of cheating in there right away). Valerie has just recently found what appears to be the entrance to a tomb, but hasn’t dig too much yet – doesn’t know if it really is anything yet (though big expectations that she’s found what she was looking for). While fucking the wife of that important dude whose name I forget, Valerie learns that a despised rival is in Egypt and Valerie realizes she needs to flee back into the desert again before they bump into each other (see, the cheating helped! . . . or something).

Before fleeing into the desert, Valerie watches an opera being performed by a very good friend of hers, a very gay man who constantly bordered on stereotypical gay attitudes and comments. Again, still before she flees, she and that gay opera dude wander around the city. Eventually bumping into three specifically important to the story people: a woman who gives Valerie some kind of super important … um . . box thing, scroll . . . scholar . . thingie box; another woman who is half Islamic (through father . ., I think), and half Jewish (through mother, again I think I have the parents correct) turns up as opera dude’s friend (see, this is what happens when I forget to write reviews, I barely recall anyone’s names, and there’s no way I’d have gotten most correct anyway) . . . and very pregnant – apparently by the very flaming homosexual opera singer (as in, he, apparently, impregnated her, and no, he isn’t bisexual, apparently though both got drunk one night (without drinking any alcohol) and stuff happened); and the third person they run into is a man like person – that despised evil misogynistic asshole person – who happens to also be Valerie’s boss. Valerie and bossman settle on both heading to the dug very shortly – Valerie’s going to be displaced and bossman is going to take over (bossman is in many ways: 1) super evil with no redeeming qualities; 2) super misogynistic; 3) super . . . dimwitted; and, inexplicably, and never explained, 4) slowly turning into a woman with breasts and womanly hips and all the rest – never ever explained – what the fuck was up with that anyway? – it was later explained that an ancient Egyptian who he kind of resembles also looked like that, but both were also still men . . . really confusing).

Right, sorry. So. Valerie, not wanting to give up the find, decides to flee into the desert before bossman can get on a camel, gay opera dude follows along with Valerie . . . well still wearing inappropriate clothing (like dress shoes, gay men don’t know how to dress to go on an archaeological dig? I mean, he knew that was what he was going to be doing so . . . . what the fuck?).

Right, so, apparently while Valerie was away her workers had been continuing on the dig. Found doors. Once Valerie arrives, they break in. Wander, an untouched tomb! A very weird looking bird is flying around! A ghost is talking to them!

Right, so, fairly quickly this moves from a vaguely incompetent archaeologist digging in Egypt (incompetent – she moved the dig site from where they were supposed to be digging ‘on a hunch’, but told none of her superiors – and, in fact, one of the reasons why despised evil man is even in Egypt is because incompetent Valerie failed to make the minimum required reports, what the fuck is about that either?) to a bizarre magical realm of weirdness that includes ghosts, birds with human faces, various gods/goddesses/giant vultures/and prophesized stuff.

Enjoyable in its way. Interesting. Completely wacky and insane, but interesting none-the-less.

And I forgot to put this on a rating shelf, bah. Now I’ll have to play spin around and dart toss to see which rating shelf to put this on. *spins*

Right, so, certain amount of sex occurred – cheating sex; certain amount of sexual assault occurred (it’s there, maybe I wouldn’t see it exactly in that light if I’d read it in any other current real world environment).

Rating: 4.25

December 1 2017



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