I really wish that you could give 1/2 star increments when rating on goodreads. This was more of a 2.5 than a 2. It was slightly better than okay but I'm not going to go out on a limb and fully say that I liked it.

The "egyptianness" of it wasn't very strong and the plot was rather cliched. About the only things that I really liked were Taita's fights with Ishtar. If it had been a fantasy book it would have been indistinguishable compared to so many other fantasies out there.

A pleasant way to waste a few afternoons or plane rides, but overall don't break your neck trying to find a copy to read. Completely worth a cheap buy at a used book store (which is where I got this copy), but I wouldn't rate it much higher than that.