Helpful Score: 2
I really enjoyed this book. Lots of action, lots of twists and turns. And no way to know "who done it" until the end.
Helpful Score: 1
I am a fan of the authors and the series in general. The entire series is far from the typical formula detective novel, so if you are looking for that format this book isn't for you. This is not a quick read.
I would most closely associate this series with Sherlock and Holmes, without the drugs, and set in modern time. Pendergast is a super sleuth, uber intelligent, and always cool and prepared. There is nothing realistic about this character, but he is enjoyable.
This series are well written with great detail and interesting, well defined characters. They all mix real science with a bit of the paranormal. This book is no exception. I recommend that you read the entire series in order so that you can appreciate the evolution of the characters.
This book was my third favorite in the 11 books of the series. It is a great and memorable book. Just don't expect the pedestrian.
I would most closely associate this series with Sherlock and Holmes, without the drugs, and set in modern time. Pendergast is a super sleuth, uber intelligent, and always cool and prepared. There is nothing realistic about this character, but he is enjoyable.
This series are well written with great detail and interesting, well defined characters. They all mix real science with a bit of the paranormal. This book is no exception. I recommend that you read the entire series in order so that you can appreciate the evolution of the characters.
This book was my third favorite in the 11 books of the series. It is a great and memorable book. Just don't expect the pedestrian.
Helpful Score: 1
We've waited ages for the latest Pendergast/D'Agosta book and this one didn't quite make it out of the ballpark. There was all the parts we love (Pendergast's quirky/mysterious way of getting things done, fantastic religious beliefs, and the language of author Child's of descriptions). However, this book brooded on D'Agosta inability to deal with the situations. He bumbled about and seemed like an irritant as opposed to real help in finding clues. I'll stay a fan of the Penderagast/D'Agosta series. I will just have to wait for the next book to satisfy my hunger.
Helpful Score: 1
This book was not as good as the other Prendergast/D'Agosta books. Some of the scenes were a little farfetched. Overall it wasn't a bad book.
Helpful Score: 1
reasonably complex plot, but a bit disappointing at the end....
Helpful Score: 1
A weird book...have read several other books by authors and like the characters, but this was just odd. It was just a little too "out there" for my taste. Unfortunately,once I start,I have to read to conclusion.
One simple judgment. Weird. Its a good read however if your into that.
If you like scary books on zombies and spookys...this is your book. Preston & Child have never written a bad book. This book will keep you turning the pages, it's a real thriller with two great characters...Pendergast & Vincent D'Agosta. At times I feel sorry for D'agosta for all the situations Pendergast get him into. It's a compelling story with great characters and action-packed. I highly recommend it.
These two men complement each others writing and I hope they continue writing for a long time.
Another great Pendergast episode. The topic was very different. A great read.
Liked it but it's just a mite too long, it could've been edited down to less pages and gotten rid of some of just the descriptive pages but the story is good.
Book was very interesting and hard to put down. A very good read.
Good read. Enjoyed the story but was not as action packed full of mystery as some of the other books. Looking forward to there next one. :-)
This was certainly an exciting book - and what a shocking beginning! To think that one of the central characters of so many of the previous books is killed in the very first chapter! Not to mention the lack of follow-up after the situation left hanging in the end of _The Wheel of Darkness_... well, there was brief mention about a hundred pages from the end but it was not quite what I expected it to be! I am very curious about where this series is headed and how much longer it will go on if they are killing off main characters like this! The ending was quite mysterious as well, so I hope they release information about the next book soon! The plot of this one was not as shocking as some of their other books, and in many ways the Ville bore striking similarities to the lost tribe of _The Relic_...
This was probably my least favorite Pendergast book so far. It was a good read, but overall it was less suspenseful, less well written, and more anticlimactic than the author's other collaborations.
Classic Preston/Child Pendergast book with a twist. An enjoyable read and not the normal formula type book. Some twists and turns for sure. You won't be dissapointed.
Overall: It was OK. I felt like I could see everything happening like you'd see in a movie, there is plenty of action, and suspense going on, and I did want to find out who did it and what will happen, but I just didn't connect very well to the main characters. Maybe this is because I hadn't read the earlier books or because it just wasn't my thing. It felt like when I watch CSI: Miami. I like certain characters, but I cannot connect with Horatio Caine, and he's the main guy, so in the end I can watch a show or two, but I am not so enthusiastic about it. That's my problem here.
I recently read Preston & Child's most recent novel, Old Bones, which features Nora Kelly, the archaeologist who debuted in one of my favorite Preston/Child stories, Thunderhead. I really enjoyed Old Bones and found out in it that Kelly's husband, Bill Smithback, had been killed in an earlier novel. I was unaware of this so I decided that I needed to continue with the Pendergast series of which I had not read since the 7th book in the series, Book of the Dead. Well this volume is where Smithback gets killed and it was as usual a very tense and exciting read in the series. It appeared that Smithback was killed by a man who had died 10 days earlier. So how and who killed Smithback? Was the man a zombie that had risen from the dead using voodoo? This all leads to a strange cult of people living at an old church and compound on the northern most part of Manhattan Island. This cult was being written about by Smithback because they were apparently sacrificing animals as part of their strange rituals. Was this a motive for Smithback's killing? The story gets stranger and stranger as Pendergast and D'Agosta try to determine what is really going on. In the mean time Nora gets kidnapped and an animal rights group is hell bent on destroying the cult and putting a stop to the sacrificing of animals.
This was one of the better novels in the Pendergast series. A real page turner that kept me guessing up till the end. I'll be looking forward to continuing on with the rest of the series.
This was one of the better novels in the Pendergast series. A real page turner that kept me guessing up till the end. I'll be looking forward to continuing on with the rest of the series.
Good, easy reading!
Excellent read if you love detective/mystery/voodoo/anthropology...etc!!
Excellent book.
A Classic Preston Child Pendegast novel its a page turner that as usual ends in a strange way.
