Book #73

"The Silver Branch (The Dolphin Ring Cycle #2)" by Rosemary Sutcliff

Rating: ♣ ♣ ♣ •

3.5 stars. A good adventure book for the whole family, both kids and adults, a follow-up to "The Eagle of the Nine" by the same author. I liked the characters a lot, all of them, but especially Flavius and Justinus, the main characters. Though for me, the book was... missing something. Maybe because it wasn't about them being a part of various historical events, it was about the historical events featuring them, the story was more important than the characters. There were few scenes that I would've called "intimate" - we learned a lot about Flavius and Justinus without really getting to know them, if that makes any sense. But it was a good story and I'm sorry that I didn't get around to it when I was a kid. I think I would've adored it...