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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
Good book! It was an intense thriller that really did keep my interest until the very end. I was not expecting the ending! This was my first book by these authors and I am quite intrigued by them. I will definitely be reading more from these guys!
I finished this one a couple of weeks ago. This was just a different sort of action and adventure story as a group searches for a hidden pirate treasure.
Fair enough read. Nothing like the Pendergast works but still enjoyable in parts albeit very predictable...
It was nice to read something by Preston and Child that wasn't about Pendergast. It was a fast read. Adventure, treasure, pirates and romance. Classic Preston and Child
I first heard about the legend of Oak Island when I was nine or ten, and it's been a low-level obsession since then, enough that I'm honestly surprised when I discover people who haven't heard of it. It has pirates! Treasure! Booby-traps! And it's been around for over 200 years! How have people not heard about it?
Riptide is a fictionalized account of that legend, and this isn't my first time reading the book. That would have been fourteen years ago, during a vacation at the beach. To say I loved the book is an understatement; combining the legend with being at the beach and tearing through the book in a day or two meant I loved the book. Preston and Child did a great job of translating the story into a ripping read, so when I needed an audiobook for a long road trip, Riptide was at the top of the list.
Of course, combining a re-read with an audiobook means I'm more likely to see the foibles of the story, like the paper-thin characters, the overuse of adverbs, and the story telling more than showing. There are also the technical elements of the story that I questioned (), but I still enjoyed the hell out of the story. My affection for the legend of Oak Island apparently knows no bounds (I'm also watching The Curse of Oak Island on the History Channel, though I'm behind on it).
Look: If you haven't heard of the legend of Oak Island, you should research it. There's a good article located here, though you could run a Google search on "Oak Island money pit" and find a ton of other resources. If that kind of story intrigues you, you should read Riptide. It's not a perfect work, but it's damn good, despite its issues.
Riptide is a fictionalized account of that legend, and this isn't my first time reading the book. That would have been fourteen years ago, during a vacation at the beach. To say I loved the book is an understatement; combining the legend with being at the beach and tearing through the book in a day or two meant I loved the book. Preston and Child did a great job of translating the story into a ripping read, so when I needed an audiobook for a long road trip, Riptide was at the top of the list.
Of course, combining a re-read with an audiobook means I'm more likely to see the foibles of the story, like the paper-thin characters, the overuse of adverbs, and the story telling more than showing. There are also the technical elements of the story that I questioned (
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does earth really slow radiation like the authors claim? Would a doctor really not be able to identify radiation poisoning based on so much evidence?Look: If you haven't heard of the legend of Oak Island, you should research it. There's a good article located here, though you could run a Google search on "Oak Island money pit" and find a ton of other resources. If that kind of story intrigues you, you should read Riptide. It's not a perfect work, but it's damn good, despite its issues.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
A treasure hunt with a discovery twist is what the book seems to hint at what it will be. However, it is more of a treasure hunt than anything. It reads like a movie with a very typical end. Not 10 pages into it I knew how it would end. Its fun, fast to read, but often gets bogged down with useless subplots that do not advance the plot at all. I would say more, but I don't want to ruin the book for anyone.
Alle elementen van een typisch avonturenverhaal zijn hier aanwezig: piraten, een schattenzoektocht, een legendarische vloek die iedereen treft die de schat probeert te vinden, vernuftig opgezette vallen en natuurlijk een portie actie...
Geen wonder dat dit boek dus lees als een trein.
Er zijn wel ook wat minpuntjes: soms is het verhaal wat voorspelbaar... soms zelfs in die mate dat je niet kan geloven dat de hoofdpersonages zelf niet doorhebben wat er gebeurt...
Maar de wervelwind van actie sleept je door die momenten heen zodat je niet lang de tijd krijgt om erbij stil te staan.
Zeker geen slecht verhaal dus... zeker drie sterren waard
Geen wonder dat dit boek dus lees als een trein.
Er zijn wel ook wat minpuntjes: soms is het verhaal wat voorspelbaar... soms zelfs in die mate dat je niet kan geloven dat de hoofdpersonages zelf niet doorhebben wat er gebeurt...
Maar de wervelwind van actie sleept je door die momenten heen zodat je niet lang de tijd krijgt om erbij stil te staan.
Zeker geen slecht verhaal dus... zeker drie sterren waard
adventurous
mysterious
tense
Very exciting and interesting read! I appreciate how relatively clean it was compared to other adult books I’ve recently read.
Preston and Child always leave me more educated about the world and its history.
Preston and Child always leave me more educated about the world and its history.