Annabel Lyon

Le juste milieu (2009)

This book was very well written, well edited, and with the exception of trying to pronounce the names a joy to read - except, I just didn't like it much. It seems to me even novels should have a point and I just never found it in this one. I kept looking for "the golden mean," but never found it....

Aleksanterin opettaja (2009)

I had been trying to find a historical fiction about Greece for such a long time. You'll tell me that this book deals primarily with Macedon. In any case, I truly like the portrayal of Aristotle and Alexander in this book. This Alexander is complex not a hero but not a monster either. Just a pecu...

The Golden Mean (2009)

This was exceedingly dull, and also exceedingly disappointing, because this looked like historical fiction that was quite different from the rest. I’d thought this would be about Aristotle and Alexander the Great, and well, hahaha no. Lyon’s prose is modernly vulgar. Words like “chic” and “creepy...

The Best Thing for You (2004)