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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing,
By nomadic_writer (Essex, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Stargate SG-1: City of the Gods (Mass Market Paperback)
After the impressive standard of the first three Fandemonium novels, I had high hopes for this one, but unfortunately, this is much more like the TV tie-ins I'm accustomed to. The whole thing is very bland, with nothing in the plot, the writing or the character interactions that really stands out or makes you want to keep reading. The fact that the story is littered with long Aztec-based names gives it an additional kiss of death: neither the plot nor the characters are compelling enough to help distinguish them, so it quickly becomes a confused blur.This book was not so awful that I couldn't finish it, but it was a slow, hard slog to the end with little pleasure in it. Unless you're a real completist, give this one a miss and pick up the other titles in the series instead. They're all much better.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Some flaws, but entertaining none-the-less,
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This review is from: Stargate SG-1: City of the Gods (Mass Market Paperback)
As a way to spend a couple of hours, 'City of the Gods' scores fairly highly. As an amazing piece of literature... maybe not, but what do you expect really?If you're a fan of the show, then you'll probably be happy enough with the story line. The general plot has all the usual things that make an episode great; tension, drama, splitting up and re-uniting the team, tenuous links to the Goa'uld, some team members thinking other team members have died... It's all there. The pace of the story is good, and besides some complicated Aztec names it is fairly easy to follow. So why only three stars? Well, the book lets itself down on certain areas. As a geologist myself there are a number of occasions where people are getting much closer to an erupting volcano than is actually possible without being turned into BBQ-SG1. The imagery in the book is certainly of a more disturbing nature than most of the television episodes; with themes including the sacrifice of children, rivers of blood from hundreds of people queuing up to have their throats cut and rooms full of hoardes of skeletons and skulls it is possibly not one for the kids. Also, references to an earlier book in the Fandemonium series can be very confusing if you're reading the books out of order like I was. I would disagree with those that find certain of the character interactions distracting and galling; maybe once or twice certain thoughts are above and beyond accepted canon, but it's very easy to miss them if you're reading quickly and getting into the story. Overall, this is much better than your average fanfiction, and whilst it's possibly not yet up to the standard of classic novelists it is definitely worth spending a fiver or so on it.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great story!,
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This review is from: Stargate SG-1: City of the Gods (Mass Market Paperback)
I truly enjoyed this book. I bought it as soon as I spotted it in the shop and read it on the way home - I was so absorbed that it was a minor miracle that I didn't miss my bus stop.
The story was very well told from beginning to end, and the author did a wonderful job balancing humour with and action and drama and portraying all characters, both canon and original. Samantha Carter and Jack O'Neill were particularly well handled - there were some lovely scenes between the two, sweet without being over the top. I don't know much about American mythology, but Sonny Whitelaw was able to give enough information to allow me to follow the story without it slowing the story. The notes at the end were also both helpful and interesting. "City of the Gods" is a book that I would definitely recommend, and I look forward to reading more from Sonny Whitelaw. I give this book a very well deserved five out of five stars.
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