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"FBI Special Agent Pendergast [is] one of the most charismatic thriller heroes in memory."
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Format:Paperback
After reading Thunderhead, Cabinet of Curiosities and Still Life With Crows, I was really looking forward to reading Brimstone and i thoroughly enjoyed it. That said, it's not anywhere near as good as those previous novels.
Vincent D'agosta returns to help agent Pendergast investigate a series of unusual deaths that appear to be the work of Lucifer, where the victims seem to have traded their soul's for fortune and glory.
The story is interesting and takes a few unexpected turns while Pendergast has his usual unpredictability and strange ways of understanding and solving problems. In this book the writers use science as well as the usual mystery to keep you guessing.
This is the first of the 'Diogenes' trilogy and the series does get better and better, 3 stars for this.
Vincent D'agosta returns to help agent Pendergast investigate a series of unusual deaths that appear to be the work of Lucifer, where the victims seem to have traded their soul's for fortune and glory.
The story is interesting and takes a few unexpected turns while Pendergast has his usual unpredictability and strange ways of understanding and solving problems. In this book the writers use science as well as the usual mystery to keep you guessing.
This is the first of the 'Diogenes' trilogy and the series does get better and better, 3 stars for this.
Format:Paperback
Intrigue from page one, this novel gives a finite view of the modus operandii of both police work and scientific research, at times rolled into one.
A story which demands your attention, permitting no gap to be experienced unless the flow of the story is interrupted ; you are acheing to know what happens next, not just in the main plot, but the sub-plots, the characters, the scenes and the implications on time present and times to come. A book at bed-time? Clearly not, as your mind is left too excited to fall asleep !
A story which demands your attention, permitting no gap to be experienced unless the flow of the story is interrupted ; you are acheing to know what happens next, not just in the main plot, but the sub-plots, the characters, the scenes and the implications on time present and times to come. A book at bed-time? Clearly not, as your mind is left too excited to fall asleep !
Format:Hardcover
Preston & Child have put out some memorable books in the past (Relic, Reliquary, IceLimit were all excellent!). However, they managed to fail miserably in their last 3 books - even though they had a very interesting character, Pendergast, to work with.
BRIMSTONE only barely managed to hold my interest: the plot was stretched-out (the price of sequelization), the villains were obvious and all style, no substance. The side stories were but page-stuffing, they added nothing to the story or the characters' development - whereas, (the partial) catharsis came in the most predictable way possible!!
This is another example of a story diluted to blandness, in order to milk the cash-cow until it bleeds...Disappointed. Again.
BRIMSTONE only barely managed to hold my interest: the plot was stretched-out (the price of sequelization), the villains were obvious and all style, no substance. The side stories were but page-stuffing, they added nothing to the story or the characters' development - whereas, (the partial) catharsis came in the most predictable way possible!!
This is another example of a story diluted to blandness, in order to milk the cash-cow until it bleeds...Disappointed. Again.
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Fun, if implausible
Yes the plot is implausible, yes some of the characters are too, but the book is fun and gripping and keeps you engaged right the way through. Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2008 by Glaucon
cracking book
Have not long been into Preston & Childs books as they are hard to aquire here for some reason, Brimstone is my latest purchase and I found it an enthralling read, I just hopr the... Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2007 by Stephen Beckett
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Again we have an excellent book by a proven duo.
Unlike the other books which took this reader's breath away, we have a mystery which the writers' dared to explain... Read more
Unlike the other books which took this reader's breath away, we have a mystery which the writers' dared to explain... Read more
Published on 11 Feb 2006 by Catherine Haynes
To redress the balance...
Well, I rather liked it. OK, it's not the best they've done, but Pendergast is always an interesting character, and D'Agosta is back - having failed as a thriller writer and... Read more
Published on 28 Aug 2005 by M. J. O. Callaghan
Far to long! Read "Behind the Dark Curtain" instead.
This book was way over done, and should been finished after page 400. anytime you make a book that is close to 800 pages, you better make it very interesting which this book is... Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2005
so implausible it is not even fun
I have just finished this book. I am a big fan of Preston/Child, have read all their books but in my view this is their worst. Read more
Published on 30 May 2005
This book would make a great movie!
I purposely went back to Amazon.com to review this book, it was so good. I normally like tales of the supernatural, which this story has, plus action, plus suspense... Read more
Published on 17 May 2005
A HORRORIFIC AND TERRIFIC READING
Emmy and Tony nominee Rene Auberjonois gives a suave, sophisticated, suspenseful reading of this over-the-top thoroughly diverting thriller by the team of Douglas Preston and... Read more
Published on 7 Aug 2004 by Gail Cooke
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