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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic fiction - another real page turner!, 17 Nov 2006

By	Emanuele Sacchi - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Book of the Dead (Hardcover)

As usual, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child confirm their great ability in writing cool, well-conceived page turners.

In this book in particular, a lot of details about some of the characters are unveiled, and the "Pendergast Trilogy" featuring Aloysius vs. Diogenes finally comes to an end... and what an end!

Apart from the praises for the writing style and action scenes, for the characters and the mood, another point I found particularly strong in this book was the obvious amount of research the authors did. I am Italian, and the small details, for example the streets of Florence, or the cuss exclamation of a Carabiniere, or even the cell number of a bus driver (which uses a correct prefix for an Italian cell phone, no fake "555" number) all prove that they really went into research for the book.
Also, the frequent sentences in Italian are correct and do make sense this time (unlike some of their previous books where the sentences were dictionary-translated and light-years from what a "real" Italian would say).

All in all, a fantastic book, definitely well worth it!

If you appreciate Preston and Child's novels, don't miss this one, with a single caveat: for maximum enjoyment you will need previous knowledge of facts and characters, so reading the other books (at the very least Brimstone and Dance of Death, ideally quite a few others) is *strongly* advised.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!, 23 Jun 2006

By	B. VICKERS "The Benj" (Lincoln, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Book of the Dead (Hardcover)

This is the third book in a triology which started with "Brimstone" and "Dance of Death", and sees the return of Agent A.X.L. Pendergast in the finale against his evil and even more intelligent brother, Diogenes. In the previous book it appeared that Diogenes had completed his "perfect" crime, but actually this was not the case - it was just the warm up for something much bigger and more sinister...

"Book of the Dead" was an absolutely, absolutely fantastic read, ranking amongst my all-time favourite books. Readers familiar with previous books by the authors will find all the usual ingredients: suspense, twists in the plot, humour, thoroughly researched subject matter etc, written in a manner that has you racing to the end.

For maximal enjoyment, I recommend that you read the previous books from which it directly follows (even before the start of the triology), beginning with:

Relic
Reliquary
Cabinet of Curiosities
Still Life With Crows
Brimstone
Dance of Death

Prior to reading this book, the best one in the series was "Still Life With Crows" which, despite the name, was an astonishingly good read. Well, "Book of the Dead" beats even that.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply brilliant!!!, 10 Jan 2007

By	Rena Ruadh (Edinburgh) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Book of the Dead (Hardcover)

What a fantastic finale to a really great trilogy!! Since stumbling upon my first Preston/Child book, I have had the compulsion to buy and read all of them. They are 'unputdownable'! Of all the books, the Pendergast ones are the most enjoyable and, unlike a previous reviewer, I love the fact that many of them take place in the Museum! This gives the books a nice continuity and it is great to meet so many of the characters again. All that remains to be said is: Mr Preston, Mr Child - when is the next book appearing???

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2.0 out of 5 stars Need to read the others in the series first
This is not a stand alone book and makes not sense unless you have read the rest of the series. Unfortunately I had not read the rest of the series so am still none the wiser... Read more

Published 11 months ago by Pickle

5.0 out of 5 stars Great ending to the trilogy
This was my favourite of the trilogy and a satisfying end to the plots involving Diogenes, Pendergast's brother. Read more

Published 15 months ago by Glaucon

4.0 out of 5 stars Preston & Child do it again
The Book of the Dead is the final installment of the so called 'Diogenes trilogy'.

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Published 18 months ago by G. Peters

4.0 out of 5 stars Final volume of the trilogy
Final volume of the trilogy centered on Agent Pendergast, the Book of the Dead explains the relationship between Pendergast and his terrible brother Dionysius. Read more

Published 18 months ago by Ty Williams

3.0 out of 5 stars Cheesy but fun
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5.0 out of 5 stars A book that's not dead.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Best in a while
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Published on 28 Mar 2007 by M. Allen

3.0 out of 5 stars Time for change.
If the purpose of fiction is to suspend your disbelief, then this book almost makes it. Unfortunately the background setting, yet again entrenched in the New York Museum is... Read more

Published on 20 Jul 2006 by Rob Shipton

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but. . .
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Published on 14 Jun 2006 by Phil Gaston

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