I would have given this book a full five stars just because of how much I enjoyed the story, but I couldn't bring myself to do that since the quality of the writing itself isn't the highest (we rolled our eyes every time some character "pulled a face"). But man, through most of this tale I just ...
The very beginning of this book (20 pages) is good. It sets up the scene and dilema quite well. The middle is slow and gets quite tedious. There is action in the form of dig sites and the risks involved in that activity but other than that the story is a plodder. I waited and waited for something...