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Centurion

Author: Simon Scarrow
Publisher: Headline
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

12 reviews
Sales Rank: 298049

Media: Paperback
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6 x 1.1

ISBN: 0755334108
EAN: 9780755334100
ASIN: 0755334108

Publication Date: November 29, 2007
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•	Audio CD - Centurion
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Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...

1 out of 5 stars

Boring, Unintelligent and quite low on standard of dialogue June 6, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

I thought this was the worst book in the whole series. Not to mention that the latest 3 books were more simplistic than I have ever read. It is very sad when you read these surreal events taking place and then Cato comes with the silliest of plans and somehow, miraculously, because uncle Simon wants it so, they win! I like it when they win, but for heaven's sake, put some good plan together, a good and real strategy, then make them win!

Also, with regards to dialogue, it is the most boring ever! Simon goes on and on about things that he has repeated endlessly in all his books. Someone needs to point out to Simon that in real life, soldiers do not call there centurions "man"! Nor do using loads of foul language make anyone feel more entrenched into any novel! In Centurion, the world is ablaze while Marco and Cato are having another silly and cynical conversation about some boring point they have made a hundred times already! They are ordered not to speak to the king and remain silent, yet they both start another boring conversation while everyone is hushing them!!! A good writing has a good strategy, dialogue, development of characters, realistic growth of novel, and sheer excitement!
Alas, very little of the above is seen in 'Centurion'! Therefore, I feel that unless something drastic is done, I will have to say goodbye to Macro and Cato, which is really hard for me as I have been reading their novels for a few years now, hoping that they'd improve, not get worse! I give up on Simon Scarrow.

4 out of 5 stars

Scarrow back on form!. April 15, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful

I thought Simon's last book Eagle in the sand was a little weaker than his high standards for the other Macro and Cato books. Centurion is however a return to original form and is an excellent read. Fast paced and I could not put it down in the last 100 odd pages. This is more in line with some of the earlier books in the series. All the characters are fleshed out very well and the strenghts and weaknesses of Macro and Cato are portrayed very well.

4 out of 5 stars

An author improves March 22, 2008
10 out of 14 found this review helpful

I am putting the same review on this book and Scarrow's first one in the series, "Under the Eagle" Now that one is poor; poorly written, bog-standard charactarisation and ho-hum action scenes, but...

By the time you get to "Centurion" we have an author who has settled into his style, still basic, but eminently readable, with the author's research and expertise in the subject lightly spread amongst the plot and the expansion of the major characters into almost loveable specimens.

So for those of you reading this review in "Under the Eagle" stick with this series, it gets way better.

4 out of 5 stars

Centurion March 12, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful

Having read and enjoyed all the other books in the series this does not disappoint. Its a fast moving read with some awesome battle scenes with Cato and Macro getting well stuck in. This is a book for that most people will enjoy and can be picked up wether or not you have read the rest of the series (although i hope you do).

Heid

5 out of 5 stars

Best yet!! March 11, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful

Simon produces yet again! If you have been following this excellent series of books like I have the latest Macro and Cato adventure wont disappoint. As you would expect the lads are in the thick of it yet again, plenty of action and even a little romance (but not enough to distract the reader or our heroes!) As an added bonus I always learn something from Simon's books too! To close, an fantastic book worth every penny. :)