The Wheel of Darkness
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
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Book Reviews of The Wheel of Darkness
Book Review: The thrill ride continues....
Summary: 5 Stars
To my great surprise and wonder, my son was able to get me an advance copy of Preston and Child's newest book! What a treat! I had been eagerly waiting the release of the "Wheel of Darkness" since I finished The Book of the Dead. Its time for Pendergast and Constant Green to take a break so they travel to a Tibetan monastery in search of a peaceful recharge. But of course no peace awaits them as they are soon embroiled in another adventure! The abbot of the monastery asks them to try and recover a lost relic that could be used to wipe out humanity. I won't go further as I don't want to ruin the surprises. This may not have fear factor of the earlier books but there are plenty of thrills along with not to be missed subplots carried on from the earlier novels. Fans of these two great authors will be more than satisfied with this addition to the series!
Book Review: Horror on the High Seas
Summary: 5 Stars
Agent Pendergast and his sidekick, Constance, find themselves deep in a mystery that takes them from the mountains of Tibet to a dangerous rocky reef in the Atlantic ocean. They are aboard the world's largest passenger ship on its maiden voyage. While Pendergast searches for a strange object stollen from a monastery that could destroy all of mankind, the ship is plagued with horrific murders and strange personality changes in some of the crew and passengers. When Pendergast is possessed by the object he came to find, who can possibly save the ship and its 5000 passengers?
I have read all of the Pendergast novels and thought this was on of the best. It is more like the orginal stories where believable demons were all part of the fun.
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Book Review: `Fraid the boogie man might git 'cha?
Summary: 5 Stars
`Fraid the boogie man might git 'cha?
Then don't read this book.
It might open up Pandora's Box, bust the edges of your world as you know it and it just might wake you up.
There are more realities than we acknowledge. This book delves into other realms; pushes the edges and it sure made me squirm.
And I couldn't put it down.
And it didn't explain everything; like a good drawing the lines are thick and thin, sometimes disappearing entirely.
And I have never encountered any work of `fiction' the least bit similar ~ and I read a lot.
It is visually rich.
It is a serious work of terror, astonishment (and enlightenment).
Hope there is going to be a sequel, and I hope they finish it soon. I want to know how it will end/develop from here.
Out of five stars I would want to give it a ten.
Book Review: Silly, but a guilty pleasure
Summary: 3 Stars
The language is arch to the point of smugness, the situations are ridiculous, and the characters are absurd, but I couldn't put it down. It's as if two writers got together and said "let's take a junior high boys' James Bond fantasy and see how far we can stretch it before it breaks."
And, for some odd, reptilian-brain reason, it worked, at least for me. A major theme involved Tibetan mysticism, which added a fun, exotic feel. I also enjoyed the fact that much of the action took place on an ocean liner, which gave the authors an opportunity to give you an interesting behind-the-scenes look at how luxury liners work today.
The book was silly, and it didn't make me want to read another Preston/Childs book (it got my desire to read at least one Preston/Childs book out of my system), but it was a fun guilty pleasure.
Book Review: Almost abandoned ship . . .
Summary: 2 Stars
Okay, the authors almost lost me this time around. Didn't enjoy the high seas setting or the plot in Wheel of Darkness at all. Characters seemed to be murdered willy-nilly, with no rhyme or reason. I found the plot slow moving, with way too many characters of little or no substance. Came close to setting the book aside several nights. If I weren't such a fan of Agent Pendergast (and these authors), I might have abandoned the read. Actually found myself skipping long passages and missing old sidekicks: D'Agosta, Smithback, Nora Kelly, Margo. Not a great fan of Pendergast's ward, Constance Greene, either. Strange woman, and getting stranger. Lacked the brilliance of previous works, to be sure. Although this novel will go into my box for donating, I will continue to seek out other works by Preston and Child.