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jbrito's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
twilight_mermaids's review against another edition
3.0
It was frightening in the way that people can become so brainwashed that they would murder in the name of anything.
hldonavant's review against another edition
5.0
no sooner had i read this novel, i read on the news (online) that this type of thing (ok not quite as bizaar) had happened...interesting!
pachypedia's review against another edition
3.0
La trama es buena y los personajes muy interesantes, sin embargo el libro se hace a veces farragoso y lento, de ahí que no se lleve todas las estrellas.
tandemjon's review against another edition
3.0
Fun but the religious nutters were too weird to make it a great book. Liked the plot and scientific characters but maybe being a European I'm not used to the extreme religious nutters featured in the book and perhaps this made them unbelievable. Comparing Al Quieda to the Christian fundamentalists seemed pretty apt, are they really like that in the US?
lckrgr's review against another edition
2.0
I listened to this before I read Tyrannosaur Canyon. Oops But many If it's a Preston (or for that matter Child) book there is always a dead wife. This had a clever premise but all-in-all just didn't really interest me.
pickleballlibrarian's review against another edition
4.0
Very interesting book. The ending is a total surprise. So hang in there!
liberrydude's review against another edition
4.0
My library classified this as sci-fi but I consider it a thriller. It's an interesting take on science and religion set in the American Southwest. A 40 billion dollar particle accelerator buried in a mesa on Navajo land becomes the scene of intrigue and religious like fervor that makes Pakistan's NWF look tame. Inside the government site scientists have fallen behind schedule so the President's Science Advisor sends in a spy under the guise of public relations to see what the delay is. Meanwhile a disgruntled lobbyist gets a sordid tele-evangelist to make waves over the government's attempt to find the God particle from the Big Bang, etc. It's like Michael Crichton meets Tony Hillerman with shades of Stephen King's "The Stand." It's believable at times and other times not so. I had a hard time believing the ease with which a rabble can get the better of trained troops occupying superior positions but, hey it's a novel.
kimminy's review against another edition
3.0
It’s hard to write about religion. He didn’t quite hit the sweet spot. Good characters though.
ramsfan1963's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
The 2nd book in the Wyman Ford series. Inside a mountain in Arizona, is the world's largest super collider. They are seeking to find the particles that existed at the moment of The Big Bang. Instead, they find God? This book is as much about faith as it is science, as the two clash, in the form of a crazed preacher who believes Isabella (the super collider) is the work of the Anti-Christ, and the scientist inside the instillation seeking the true nature of the universe
I thought the ending was a little hokey, but I'm not fond of stories with heavy religious overtones.
I thought the ending was a little hokey, but I'm not fond of stories with heavy religious overtones.