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dereadergal's review
3.0
I think I've learned something about myself reading this collection of short stories that has really nothing to do with the book itself, but it may affect other readers so I figured I'd include it in this review.
I don't really like short stories, somehow a lot of them don't seem finished. Some of the characters are thrown together too quickly and I feel rushed.
but with that said, looking at this book in general it did indeed have good thrilling stories captured within its pages. It was organized well and included great authors. Again, maybe if the stories had more meat to them I would have enjoyed it more and it wouldn't have taken me 2 weeks to drag myself through the entire book.
I don't really like short stories, somehow a lot of them don't seem finished. Some of the characters are thrown together too quickly and I feel rushed.
but with that said, looking at this book in general it did indeed have good thrilling stories captured within its pages. It was organized well and included great authors. Again, maybe if the stories had more meat to them I would have enjoyed it more and it wouldn't have taken me 2 weeks to drag myself through the entire book.
weaselweader's review
3.0
A “Who’s Who” of contemporary thriller authors
You’d think with a line-up of authors like this one and an editor of the status of Clive Cussler, that THRILLER 2 would have no problem living up to its sub-title: STORIES YOU JUST CAN’T PUT DOWN. But the sad reality was quite different. Although the anthology was workmanlike and the stories, considered on an individual basis, were reasonably interesting, the collection as a whole came nowhere near gripping or compelling. In fact, at the mid-way point, I considered setting it aside as a DNF and simply not bothering.
Weakest links in the chain (both at 2*s) were:
REMAKING – Blake Crouch
THE LAMENTED – Lawrence Light
Cream of the crop (at 5*s) were:
GHOST WRITER – Gary Braver
THROUGH A VEIL DARKLY – Kathleen Antrim
My opinion only, of course, and, as always, your opinion may differ completely.
Paul Weiss
You’d think with a line-up of authors like this one and an editor of the status of Clive Cussler, that THRILLER 2 would have no problem living up to its sub-title: STORIES YOU JUST CAN’T PUT DOWN. But the sad reality was quite different. Although the anthology was workmanlike and the stories, considered on an individual basis, were reasonably interesting, the collection as a whole came nowhere near gripping or compelling. In fact, at the mid-way point, I considered setting it aside as a DNF and simply not bothering.
Weakest links in the chain (both at 2*s) were:
REMAKING – Blake Crouch
THE LAMENTED – Lawrence Light
Cream of the crop (at 5*s) were:
GHOST WRITER – Gary Braver
THROUGH A VEIL DARKLY – Kathleen Antrim
My opinion only, of course, and, as always, your opinion may differ completely.
Paul Weiss
kszielin's review
3.0
I read this to see if I could find any new authors to read. It being a collection of short stories, some of them felt a bit rushed. A couple of the stories that I did enjoy were Mariah Stewart's "Justice Served," Lisa Jackson's "Vintage Death," Gary Braver's "Ghostwriter," Joan Johnston's "Watch Out for My Girl," Jon Land's "Killing Time," and Ridley Pearson's "Boldt's Broken Angel."
pandemoniumpizza's review against another edition
After reading the first and third in this series I was excited to read this one. I was also very glad to see that each story was going to be a new original story and not using characters from well-known books written by the authors.
I quite enjoyed Clive Cussler’s commentary it was interesting and didn’t drag out. It told me a little bit of background that I found quite interesting.
The stories were a mixture of great and not so great. I did enjoy the large majority of the stories and some of them were so good. There were quite a lot that had me hanging on to every word and I could picture them in my mind really well.
Overall, I really enjoyed reading the Thriller 2 anthology and thought it was worth a read.
I quite enjoyed Clive Cussler’s commentary it was interesting and didn’t drag out. It told me a little bit of background that I found quite interesting.
The stories were a mixture of great and not so great. I did enjoy the large majority of the stories and some of them were so good. There were quite a lot that had me hanging on to every word and I could picture them in my mind really well.
Overall, I really enjoyed reading the Thriller 2 anthology and thought it was worth a read.
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