Suzanne Tyrpak
Auteur van Vestal Virgin: Suspense in Ancient Rome
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Fotografie: On my way to my Virgin Book Signing on June 14, at Maria's Bookshop in Durango.
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- Tyrpak, Suzanne
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- Suzanne Tyrpak ran away from New York a long time ago to live in Colorado. Her debut novel is Vestal Virgin, suspense set in ancient Rome, available as a trade paperback and in all eformats. Her collection of nine short stories Dating My Vibrator (and other true fiction) is available on Kindle, Nook and Smashwords. J.A. Konrath calls it, “Pure comedic brilliance.” Her short story Downhill was first published in Arts Perspective Magazine. Rock Bottom is published in the Mota 9: Addiction anthology, available on Kindle. Her short story Ghost Plane was published by CrimeSpree Magazine. Venus Faded appears in the anthology Pronto! Writings from Rome (Triple Tree Publishing, 2002) along with notable authors including: Dorothy Allison, Elizabeth Engstrom, Terry Brooks and John Saul. Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers awarded her first prize in the Colorado Gold Writing Contest, and Maui Writers awarded her third prize in the Rupert Hughes writing competition.
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This book reads well after the first battles with learning the Greek terms. Hestia, the slave, and the political and murderous intrigues of those about her keep the reader involved and curious. Some editing could help with the odd repetitiveness, and spelling errors like "summersaults" and Barnes and "Nobel" - but the book, one of a planned trilogy, is well worth a read. It's a visual read and would translate well to a visual format. Enjoyed it and will keep my eyes open for the rest of the series.
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It almost pains me to give this book less than three stars, but I had such mixed feelings about the book there was no way I could say with confidence that I "liked it." The writing was extremely well-done, and it was obvious that Trypak really did her research on life ancient Rome during Nero's time. But I could only read the book in small doses, which detracted a lot from the good pacing of the story, and the overall flow. This was for several reasons. The main one was the religious Christian storyline. I knew it would be there going in but I wasn't expecting it to be as heavy handed as it was, and to be frank, it got on my nerves. It also did nothing for the plot and could have been taken out with no harm done to the overarching storyline of Elissa's struggle with Nero trying to control her and her family. I felt it actually detracted from that storyline, in fact, as her conversion was just not convincingly portrayed, and I felt that it weakened Elissa's character as I just saw her going from one cult of personality (Nero) to another (Paul).
The second reason was Elissa's sister, Flavia, who is quite possibly the most stupid, self-centered, shallow excuse of a human being I've come across in fiction in a long time. Every time she came on screen I wanted to reach in and strangle her. Yes, she's a teenager, so I guess she's portrayed accurately but that didn't make me hate her any less.
The actual plot was interesting, and I did enjoy the story on a general level. However, after reflecting on the book as a whole, it left me unsatisfied. Aside from the points I already raised, I thought Tyrpak's characterization of the characters were very weak and one-dimensional. Flavia was a spoiled brat. Justinius is the noble warrior. Nero is an evil sociopath. The characters were very stereotyped and neatly boxed with very little to no gray entering their character.
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The second reason was Elissa's sister, Flavia, who is quite possibly the most stupid, self-centered, shallow excuse of a human being I've come across in fiction in a long time. Every time she came on screen I wanted to reach in and strangle her. Yes, she's a teenager, so I guess she's portrayed accurately but that didn't make me hate her any less.
The actual plot was interesting, and I did enjoy the story on a general level. However, after reflecting on the book as a whole, it left me unsatisfied. Aside from the points I already raised, I thought Tyrpak's characterization of the characters were very weak and one-dimensional. Flavia was a spoiled brat. Justinius is the noble warrior. Nero is an evil sociopath. The characters were very stereotyped and neatly boxed with very little to no gray entering their character.
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Terrible writing. Good plots, but not worth the time to see how they turn out. This book was a big disappointment, which is a shame. The author has a good imagination.
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- 3.9
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Analyzing the story, I'm actually surprised that I liked the book, since it has a lot of (thwarted) romance, intrigue and murder, which is usually not my thing. I did like the book, though, it was an easy read, and I wanted to know how the book would end. I didn't think the bad guys (Melaina and Lycargus) were very interesting or entirely believable, and I'm not a fan of Diodorus (his personality was a bit flat to me, and I didn't like the parts where he was the main character), but I did rather like Hestia and her friends, Calonice and Aspasia. I was sorry that Hestia's gift didn't play a larger role, but perhaps this'll happen in the next book...… (meer)