His daughter being skinned alive as part of a ritual. While I think Boogie Nights is a great movie, there are some other times and places to which I feel it might not translate well. Jennings was playing with his readers - not his story.
Relief map of Mexico https: I had no idea what it was like, I simply went by some fabulous blurbs This book is not for the faint of heart, but it is simply the best single novel that I have ever read. Though he professes himself a Christian, much of the novel is devoted to detailed discourse regarding Aztec religionincluding a great deal of information regarding the gods QuetzalcoatlTlalocHuitzilopochtliTonatiuhand especially Ehecatl. Their reactions ranging from patronizing to smug self-serving rationalizations are a reminder that cruelty was not the sole property of the Aztec civilization. The story is set in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth ce When I first picked up this book, I was skeptical. He spares us nothing, I mean, absolutely nothing. There is human sacrifice galore as well as graphic and I mean graphic violence and sexuality. I myself am not particularly prone to those sorts of romanticizations.Īt over 1, pages this book was a marathon, and I’m glad to be done with it. Aug 05, Maxine rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: El antiguo imperio ahora es llamado Nueva Espana, y los aztecas han sido reducidos a esclavos en grandes estados organizados como feudos. Jennings does not stint on those descriptions. Thankfully as gross and weird as this book can get most of it is directly related to the plot and somehow didn’t seem gratuitous or superfluous. I cannot read through a passage that graphically talks about how a kid was moving his ass to pleasure a guy. The first time it happens, I thought it was funny, the second time was ok The conquerers know little about this new land, its garry, or its people, so the King of Spain has asked for information.Īnd the sex, well, it’s everywhere, all the time, and some of it is just way, way past the point of believability, veering toward impossibility. One of the most eye opening, iennings, and enjoyable books I’ve ever read. Dios Mio, I wanted to finish this book some of the times other times, it was a real struggle. However, this native goes well beyond the usual recital of ritualistic incantations that fill so many Aztec codices. To conclude on this review I would say that 12 years of writing and researching to come up with something inaccurate is laughable, I would even dare say, 12 years azheca writing to come up with a very poorly plotted porn novel is outrageous! Aztec by Gary Jennings. Results 1 – 30 of Azteca by Gary Jennings and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now atĪll of this Cortes pretty much single-handedly destroyed, whether it was through the spread of disease, conquest, or colonization. El tercer libro de la serie de Gary Jennings, perdió fuerza histórica (por decirlo de alguna manera) y se hizo. Sangre Azteca has ratings and 56 reviews.
This was the first Gary Jennings book I ever read–and I was hooked forever! Al finalizar una lectura de ese estilo, no debemos guardar el libro y dejar que el Y es que la novela no solo trata sobre los últimos años del mundo Azteca.
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