Fool's Gold

Sam Harris, Book 1

De: PJ Skinner

Narrado por: Tom Judd

A drunk historian, a dodgy entrepreneur, and a lost Inca treasure. Has newly-qualified geologist Sam Harris bitten off more than she can chew?

Sam Harris is a woman in a man's world - overlooked and underpaid, but resilient and passionate. Desperate for her first contract, she accepts a job searching for gold deposits in the remote rain forests of Sierramar.

When she uncovers a clue to a treasure buried deep within the jungle, she is sent on an expedition to find it, but one of her colleagues is plotting to seize the riches for himself and is willing to kill to get his hands on them.

Will Sam find the treasure, or will her first adventure be her last?

Buy now and follow her struggle to survive in this classic adventure yarn.

©2018 PJ Skinner (P)2018 PJ Skinner

Not what I expected

I went into this book thinking it would be an archaeological thriller instead I got a month in the life of some incredibly dumb and shitty people who basically all had the same personality that only looked for treasure for about three chapters.
From the start the main character’s decisions don’t make a lot of sense, like agreeing to work for a known con artist. Then as a geologist spends her time mostly taking pictures. I understand that she had some social barriers to deal with but they hired her as a geologist and never really used her as such. Makes no sense
There were also too many extra things that didn’t add to the overall story and made it drag. Every meal and every trip to the club was very boring to read about. And why did we have to know about every time Sam needed to pee? Add in the attempted assault that the book just didn’t need and you get the confusing mess that was Fool’s Gold.
My other issue was the over expressed social setting. I get the author was going for the culture and time period but the fact that he constantly brought up ethnicities, skin color, and gender made the book feel like he needed and excuse to be as raciest and sexist as possible. It was painful to hear every other paragraph.

Finally, why was a male narrator used when the main character is female? It would have made more sense to have either a female narrator or at least a male who could do better or more female voices. Sometimes it was difficult to know who was talking because all the women sounded the same.