Reviews

Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston

msmagoo502's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

joestewart's review against another edition

4.0

Another with vocabulary I don’t already know. But at least the number of unknown words is declining. :)

adliteracy's review against another edition

5.0

I can't help but give these 5 stars. This book started off with a bang and then was a nonstop rollercoaster the whole time. I really enjoyed the mystery aspect, and I feel it had a good amount of depth while simultaneously compellingly suspenseful.

angelb71_reads's review against another edition

5.0

I loved this! All of my favorite people were back with a BANG! This installment had new bizarre and creepy characters, crazy plot twists, and good ole reliable Pendergrast! It was as good as the Relic, Relcquery, Cabinet of Curiosities, And Still Life of Crows to name a few.
If you like horror, with a scientific twist, I recommend this series.
Best of all, even if you don't go back and read the entire Pendergast series, you can easily read this one without feeling too left out. It may even entice you to go back and see what other adventures the characters had before.

lostfaerie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

git_r_read's review against another edition

3.0

I think I am getting tired of this series. I found myself daydreaming through more of the story than I should as I listened to it. I admire Special Agent Pendergast, so I finished listening to the book. I seem to be on a zombie phase lately and this added to the listening finish reason. A lot of thrills and spills throughout, but I believe I'm done with this set of authors and this series.

wyrmdog's review against another edition

4.0

I find it hard to review books in a long-running series, sometimes. They share themes, characters, and even the authors' eccentricities, resulting in thoughts that come off very samey. I have this issue with the Pike Logan books and the Dresden books as well as the Pendergast series here.

But sometimes things get shaken up and sometimes a book is dreadfully dull or monumentally riveting, depending.

Cemetery dance is better than most of the preceding books, and also one that shakes things up. The biggest surprise isn't even a surprise, really, mentioned as it is in ad copy. But it feels like more than part of the brief interlude that bridges the Diogenes' trilogy with the launch of the one surrounding the mystery of Pendergast's late wife, which I believe the next book kicks off.

I enjoyed this one, though I feel like I am not just saying goodbye to one character permanently, but to another for quite some time.

kipahni's review against another edition

3.0

A murder mystery with zombies! yes please! Quick read great for a summer pool side read.

kblank73's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

cwalter01's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

Good read.   Relied a bit too heavily on explaining the mystery at the end of the book