What the River Knows · Hook of a Book · Radar

What the River Knows Review1:09 – 3:49

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Let me read you a summary of What the River Knows right now.

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Inez lives in Argentina, in high society.

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This world used to be filled with magic, but now magic has essentially been forgotten and abandoned.

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Inez's parents work in Egypt, and she's always wanted to go with them to Egypt, but she's never gotten the opportunity to do so.

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She hardly ever sees them anyways.

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Then, something terrible happens.

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Inez finds out that her parents have died.

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They leave her a pretty hefty sum of money, and now she is in the care of her uncle.

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He's an archaeologist who lives in Egypt just like her parents did.

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Inez sets off for Cairo, Egypt.

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She brings with her just a couple things, including one of the rings that her father gave her before he died.

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There's something a little bit special about this ring, though.

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When Inez arrives in Egypt, she realizes that this ring has a bit of magic within it, magic that could lead her down a very dangerous path.

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Inez finds it a little bit difficult to connect with her uncle because she's not entirely sure his intentions are great, and he has this really annoying assistant named Mr. Hayes.

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As Inez explores Egypt, she begins to realize that her parents might have died under very mysterious circumstances.

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Circumstances that could be connected to the magic within the ring she has.

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Egypt is filled with adventure, but not all of this adventure is good.

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Inez really can't trust anybody around her.

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As she continues to discover the secrets of the ring, she also begins to realize that everything she knows might be a lie.

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She will have to team up with some very unexpected people to unlock the truth, and maybe even find love along the way.

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And if she does not succeed, her life might be on the line.

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This book is set in 1884, and I haven't really read that much about 1800s Egypt before.

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I knew that was when Egyptian archaeology really became big and a bunch of English people wanted to come look at the tombs and the mummies and stuff, but I really didn't know how it all connected to the rest of the world, including South America.

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so I liked that What the River Knows taught me the answer to questions I didn't even know I had.

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Inez was a very spunky protagonist, and I really liked the worldbuilding of this book.