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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
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It drags a bit in the middle and could have used a tighter edit.
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
informative
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
4th in the Pendergast series. This book is set in Kansas and there are savage killings frightening a small town. So much I enjoyed in this book, from the Native American lore to the caves to the information regarding GMO corn and turkey plants to Pendergast and his spunky side-kick. This was a fantastic read.
This book was absolutely intense! I could not have predicted the ending what so ever! As usually Preston & Child introduce another strong female character that helps Detective Pendergast solve these unexplainable crimes. This book was dark and definitely thrilling. It left me thinking about the ending for days after I finished.
Great thriller. Good pacing and interesting characters. A drawn out climax that's really scary and the final scene made me laugh and shiver. Well played!
Fabulous. I will definitely be reading more from these authors. Or listening if the same narrator does them.
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Okay, you won't actually miss much if you don't read this book. It's not a supernatural being, but it almost might be.
The perp turns out to be the 53-year-old son of one of the women im Medicine Creek, the one who hosts the tours of the local cave. It's a rather small cave, and not terribly exciting.
She kept her son locked up in this cave until he accidentally found a back way out. This leads to a murderous rampage through town, with people near the cave having limbs torn off, or being gutted, with lips, noses, and ears cut off.
The Sheriff doesn't like Pendergast helping with the investigation, and is able to get him removed with a cease and desist order from the FBI. (It turns out he is on vacation, and not there in an official capacity.)
When Pendergast and the Sheriff both realize independently that the murderer is likely hiding in the cave, Pendergast and the Sheriff (with his assault squad) enter the cave, only to find a monster who moves quietly with practiced ease, picking them off one by one.
No, you aren't missing anything if you skip this book.
The perp turns out to be the 53-year-old son of one of the women im Medicine Creek, the one who hosts the tours of the local cave. It's a rather small cave, and not terribly exciting.
She kept her son locked up in this cave until he accidentally found a back way out. This leads to a murderous rampage through town, with people near the cave having limbs torn off, or being gutted, with lips, noses, and ears cut off.
The Sheriff doesn't like Pendergast helping with the investigation, and is able to get him removed with a cease and desist order from the FBI. (It turns out he is on vacation, and not there in an official capacity.)
When Pendergast and the Sheriff both realize independently that the murderer is likely hiding in the cave, Pendergast and the Sheriff (with his assault squad) enter the cave, only to find a monster who moves quietly with practiced ease, picking them off one by one.
No, you aren't missing anything if you skip this book.
Not my favorite out of the series, but it was still good and kept me interested. Loved the twist at the end, especially in the epilogue. Didn't see it coming.
This was a good entry in the Pendergast series. The previous two books dropped a bit because they took a turn into the more fantastical, but there were decidedly fewer fantastical elements in this one.
I did end up catching the drift of what was going on before it was revealed, but I was fine with that. After a while of misdirects, I got that this was most likely following a so-called 'wild child.' Thank you high-school psychology.
I will say though that there were two things that I didn't enjoy too much about this. First of all, for most of the book, the plot focused on the fact that the town is built on Indian land. I originally thought that what was going on had something to do with the massacre that occurred and the Indian ghosts, because that was where the story was steering you to and at this point, ghosts wouldn't surprise me. So, when in the end the whodunnit was a wild child, I felt like most of the storyline was now pointless because the connection between the two was so small. I also didn't like how there was a hint at the end about why Job included ritualistic elements, but then the book ended.
My other gripe with the book is Corrie. Ah, Corrie, you were doing fine until the end. When there is a killer on the loose and you are told to stay home, maybe you should listen to that advice? But no, you couldn't do that and almost dies because you decided to head straight into the belly of the beast. I don't like characters who act impulsively.
Overall though, a solid book in the series.
I did end up catching the drift of what was going on before it was revealed, but I was fine with that.
I will say though that there were two things that I didn't enjoy too much about this. First of all, for most of the book, the plot focused on the fact that the town is built on Indian land.
My other gripe with the book is Corrie. Ah, Corrie, you were doing fine until the end.
Overall though, a solid book in the series.
i LOVED "Still Life with Crows" out of the three Pendergast novel's i've read so far i loved this one the most.
This book kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time! i read it ever chance i got, it was a super great page turner and and great thriller.
FBI Special Agent Aloysius X.L. Pendergast is at it again! This time he is on vacation, and where oh a little crappy town of Medicine Creek, Kansas. This s is no ordinary vacation. He's investigating a murder has taken place and of all places in a corn field. Beyond investigation of the crime scene things are a little different. Ancient Indian arrows and strange a strange killing method. With the aid of local goth chick Corrie Swanson, Pendergast is set out to solve the case. More murders start happening around town and time is running out, will Pendergast help solve the crimes, and catch the killer in time?
This book kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time! i read it ever chance i got, it was a super great page turner and and great thriller.
FBI Special Agent Aloysius X.L. Pendergast is at it again! This time he is on vacation, and where oh a little crappy town of Medicine Creek, Kansas. This s is no ordinary vacation. He's investigating a murder has taken place and of all places in a corn field. Beyond investigation of the crime scene things are a little different. Ancient Indian arrows and strange a strange killing method. With the aid of local goth chick Corrie Swanson, Pendergast is set out to solve the case. More murders start happening around town and time is running out, will Pendergast help solve the crimes, and catch the killer in time?