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The End of the World is fast approaching. Read this book before it's too late!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Why oh why didn't I read the reviews for this BEFORE buying the book? This book is abysmal! The characters are one-dimensional and stir no interest from the reader. I very rarely despise a book so much - there is almost always something good to say but unfortunately here this isn't the case. The reader is treated like an idiot: the plot is jaded and formulaic and the story completely lacks any kind of depth or mystery.
The synopsis as described by Amazon is accurate but the book is very poorly written and I hate saying it but the author really lacks the kind of vigor required to tell this kind of story in gripping compelling way. If you are still contemplating buying this book, please please try and find an excerpt online or visit a bookshop so that you can read a few pages and see for yourself just how awful this really is.
The synopsis as described by Amazon is accurate but the book is very poorly written and I hate saying it but the author really lacks the kind of vigor required to tell this kind of story in gripping compelling way. If you are still contemplating buying this book, please please try and find an excerpt online or visit a bookshop so that you can read a few pages and see for yourself just how awful this really is.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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At face value this book should be a good adventure/thriller. Along the lines of find treasure, avoid killers, use treasure to save the world (a little bit Indiana Jones). It does start out like this. Husband and wife team Kit and Stella are searching Yorkshire caves for the legend that is the crystal skull - after finding the secret clues in Cedric Owens' diaries. All good so far, Stella finds the skull but shock horror there is someone with them in the cave who will stop at nothing to steal the treasure.
Interweaved with Stella's story is that of Cedric, keeper of the skull during the 1600s. His role is to protect the skull and find where its world saving end will be based. I have to admit that Cedric's adventures in Spain and the New World wore more gripping than Stella's self absorbed tale. However it is the armageddon averting ending that ended the book which was probably the main let down, if you blinked while reading the end you'll miss it - in fact I probably did because by then I'd just lost all interest in what was going on.
This book had all the potential and the writing style wasn't that bad so I just don't know what went wrong. Perhaps its the fact that there are 12 skulls and you just expect more things to happen. Obviously read it if you're a fan of the author as you probably will like it, but if you're looking for a good thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat reading into the darkness then I'm afraid this isn't it.
Interweaved with Stella's story is that of Cedric, keeper of the skull during the 1600s. His role is to protect the skull and find where its world saving end will be based. I have to admit that Cedric's adventures in Spain and the New World wore more gripping than Stella's self absorbed tale. However it is the armageddon averting ending that ended the book which was probably the main let down, if you blinked while reading the end you'll miss it - in fact I probably did because by then I'd just lost all interest in what was going on.
This book had all the potential and the writing style wasn't that bad so I just don't know what went wrong. Perhaps its the fact that there are 12 skulls and you just expect more things to happen. Obviously read it if you're a fan of the author as you probably will like it, but if you're looking for a good thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat reading into the darkness then I'm afraid this isn't it.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I'm a bit perplexed about my feelings for this book. I really want to be able to write a positive review but it really doesn't deserve it. I won't bother to rehash the story other then to say that the cover is slightly misleading in the sense that it stated that 'the implacable enemy is a threat.' As far as the story goes, it is well written and the premise is extremely good but the content is rather bland. I can safely say that I remained underwhelmed throughout the whole experience. The story threatened to pick up the pace and crank up the excitement factor but this always failed to materialise. The characters didn't do anything for me and the threat was almost none existent, in fact I can't for the life of me (with the exception of the odd scuffle) think of a single occasion when our heroes were in any danger. It was alluded to but quite often skipped over and you then had to endure a short paragraph as to how our heroes escaped, which sometimes made for annoying reading. Say what you like about the content and style of Rollins and Reilly but they know how to write exciting set pieces. The 16th Century storyline that runs parallel to the present day storyline is the better of the two but you get the overall sense at the end of the book of 'what was the point of all that?' I don't wish to spoil anything but nothing much happens. I don't think this will put me off the author but this book was simply not what I was expecting.
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2012: The Crystal Skull
Story is wonderful. Very captivating. Since my last amazing book was KATE MOSSE LABYRINTH this book is also amazing same style format page turner and very excited specially... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Ayse
disappointing.
I read The Emperor's Spy and loved it, thought it was the best book I'd come across for a long time. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Mrs. H. C. M. Kerr
Great read
If you like Manda Scott...you will deffinitly appeciate this one. Her female heroine is always a strong character and determined.
Very enjoyable.
Very enjoyable.
Published 13 months ago by Helen
a good read
A very good book. A little similar in structure to Possession (AS Byatt), in that the story is set in 2007 and about the finding of a crystal skull, the next chapter is set in the... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Kevin Ratcliffe
Great start...poor plot development
Readable but not great. Another Dan Brown wannabe, but much too long for the substance in the plot (not much).
Published 22 months ago by Garden Goddess
Excellent and highly recommended.
This book was a revelation - no one had ever mentioned to me that there is a distinct possibility that the world as we know it will end on 21st December 2012. Read more
Published on 27 Mar 2010 by Lizzie Hayes
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I found the crystal skull to be a very good read, I found it very hard to put it down once i began reading it. I reccomend everyone should read it.
Published on 27 Sep 2009 by Mrsmaryjanebird
Worst Book Ever, Almost.
What an absolute waste of our planet's resources. This book was completely useless. There's an achingly slow build-up to what one thinks is going to be a world-wide catastrophe,... Read more
Published on 19 Jun 2009 by The Bee Charmer
Lesley "Rawdon"
Such a disappointment, I kept wishing the heroine would be killed off, her friends were also very predictable. Read more
Published on 6 May 2009 by Lesley
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Published on 19 Mar 2009 by Dean Rees-Evans
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