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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
Ugh, what happened to Douglas Preston? He used to write quite entertaining and fun thrillers. But this book is just bad. There are far too many inconsistencies and parts of the book are just so stupid...
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This was pretty awesome, thriller/ supernatural that are me feel the same way I felt reading Relic for the first time. Glinn, Gideon, Garza and others are in a race against time to save the world from a mysterious meteorite lying on the ocean floor near Antarctica after an earlier failed expedition. (I haven't had a chance to find / read The Ice Limit, unfortunately.)
Years ago, I read The Ice Limit and was blown away. The concept of an engineering firm that took on seemingly impossible projects with backup plans for backup plans was fascinating and a great read. The cliffhanger was unfortunate because I'm a fast reader with little patience - a bad combo for book series that I like.
In any event, after noticing that the sequel was the latest book in a new series, I eagerly began reading the previous books in the Gideon Crew series so I would be caught up when reading BtIL. Unfortunately, the main character is a misogynistic creep whose main forté is "social engineering" (i.e. making shit up as he goes) and was a complete reversal from Glinn and his crew in the previous book. Thanks to my afore-mentioned reading speed, I was able to keep just ahead of the burnout on my way through the first three books. Surely, the fourth would be better? I was quickly tiring of the propensity of Crew to kill off the innocents around him (while, in most cases, bedding them before their death) while he "winged it" through paper-thin plots.
Unfortunately, BtIL was the camel's final straw and I couldn't finish it fast enough - not because of the writing (juvenile), characters (two-dimensional and boring) or plot (interesting at first but quickly veering into eye-rolling). I wanted to finish so I could wash my hands of the whole, sordid series and get back to my shelf of To-Reads, most of which have proven to be much more entertaining.
In any event, after noticing that the sequel was the latest book in a new series, I eagerly began reading the previous books in the Gideon Crew series so I would be caught up when reading BtIL. Unfortunately, the main character is a misogynistic creep whose main forté is "social engineering" (i.e. making shit up as he goes) and was a complete reversal from Glinn and his crew in the previous book. Thanks to my afore-mentioned reading speed, I was able to keep just ahead of the burnout on my way through the first three books. Surely, the fourth would be better? I was quickly tiring of the propensity of Crew to kill off the innocents around him (while, in most cases, bedding them before their death) while he "winged it" through paper-thin plots.
Unfortunately, BtIL was the camel's final straw and I couldn't finish it fast enough - not because of the writing (juvenile), characters (two-dimensional and boring) or plot (interesting at first but quickly veering into eye-rolling). I wanted to finish so I could wash my hands of the whole, sordid series and get back to my shelf of To-Reads, most of which have proven to be much more entertaining.