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354 reviews for:
Натюрморт с гарвани
Douglas Preston, Douglas Preston, Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
4.07 AVERAGE
354 reviews for:
Натюрморт с гарвани
Douglas Preston, Douglas Preston, Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
4.07 AVERAGE
I don’t remember why I didn’t gel with Cabinet of Curiosities, but Still Life with Crows felt like a step back in the right direction. P&C are proving to be excellent at dropping plot-breadcrumbs, and I’m looking forward to more adventures with Agent Pendergast (and I hope we see Corrie again too)!
Palomitero, como todas las novelas de Preston y Child. Un asesino en serie muy inquietante y mi querido Pendergast, yo no necesito más para quedar contenta. Creo que es el libro de la serie que más veces he leído
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Preston+Child sure like the underground. And funky killers. It takes a special kind of pooch to follow this one's smell. The normal dogs just go no woofin' way. Another delicious chapter in the Pendergast universe.
The characters are, once again, so much fun. Caricatures, sure, but in a good way. Not overdone. Like the kind you can find in adventurous blockbusters from the eighties. I mean, think about it: Garey Busy as one of the sheriffs. How could that not work?!
Anyway; there's lots of corn, a cowboy curse, cooked human wrapped in a butter and sugar-coating, trailer trash, a supercell, more corn, a deep and dark maze-like cave system and a murderer.. Oh man, that face. Of course I loved every page of it.
The characters are, once again, so much fun. Caricatures, sure, but in a good way. Not overdone. Like the kind you can find in adventurous blockbusters from the eighties. I mean, think about it: Garey Busy as one of the sheriffs. How could that not work?!
Anyway; there's lots of corn, a cowboy curse, cooked human wrapped in a butter and sugar-coating, trailer trash, a supercell, more corn, a deep and dark maze-like cave system and a murderer.. Oh man, that face. Of course I loved every page of it.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Had to knock this down a star on re-read. The climax is dragged out for too long (100+ pages and 25ish chapters!), the trope of the idiot cop returns for the third book in a row, and there was one clue to the puzzle that was so glaringly obvious, I found it absurd that Corrie figured it out before super genius Pendergast.
Parts of the novel are genuinely frightening, and overall it's an enjoyable read. I just wish the authors would focus less on making Agent P look smart and more on him actually being smart. Fewer memory crossings, more deductive reasoning please!
Parts of the novel are genuinely frightening, and overall it's an enjoyable read. I just wish the authors would focus less on making Agent P look smart and more on him actually being smart. Fewer memory crossings, more deductive reasoning please!
As the previous books in the series, this one's a real page-turner, but with the added benefit of improved character development and more exciting revelations (by which I mean it's less predictable than the previous books). The ending was quite good, and I'm enjoying making my way through this series!
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Arguably the most predictable of the Pendergast novels thus far, but also with one of the most repulsive big bads. Leave the random “ghost tribe” indigenous stereotypes for Blood Meridian - that backstory felt icky.
dark
tense
fast-paced