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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A HORRORIFIC AND TERRIFIC READING, 7 Aug 2004
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 Lincoln Child. Protagonist FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast solves puzzles with finesse. He's been raised in privilege, yet, if necessary, he can fight like a street wise tough. He's a bit of a contradiction, and one of the most charismatic detectives to pop from the pages of a book. With "Brimstone" he's teamed with former NYPD cop Vincent D'Agosta - a perfect foil for the urbane Pendergast to try to discover why art critic Jeremy Grove is found dead, toasted to a blackened mass. After all, this is the Hamptons, where such grisly crimes don't occur. Further, quite clearly next to the late Grove is the imprint of a cloven hoof burned into the floor. What the devil could that mean? Exactly. As more bodies are found and secrets revealed many wonder if the Devil actually has landed on planet Earth. Seems that these crimes can only be explained by the supernatural. Fortunately for listeners who enjoy scenic locations, Pendergast and D'Agosta's probing takes them to Italy, to an old castle in the countryside. Some two decades ago the unthinkable was summoned forth in this place. Vivid in detail "Brimstone" is terror both horrific and terrific. - Gail Cooke
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13 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
so implausible it is not even fun, 30 May 2005
By A Customer
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. The basic plot item is INCREDIBLY far-fetched, and also scientifically wrong at the core (I will just say that acoustic waves and electromagnetic waves - radar - have NOTHING in common from a phenomenological point-of-view). You will see what i mean when you get there. Frankly, this plus the amazing coincidence at the root of the story make for a completely implausible story: we do not ask for something that "might happen", this is just a novel, but this is out of range.
The book is very long, slow-going, with only the occasional good scene. Even the final piece in the dark Italian castle left me bored. And it all finishes with a big cliche, trying to make us buy the next book, where Pendergast will be fighting his brother.
No really, this was bad, avoid it !
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5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
1Strike, 11 Feb 2006
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 with science rather than "monsters" or more frightening, the REAL unkown!
A very good book though only 3 stars and they are still on my speed dial.
More please.
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