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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Holy Iowa, this series is one gigantic ball of corny.
Everything is predictable, cliched, and over-the-top. And for some reason, I kept on reading and reading and reading, and I loved every minute of it.
So, while literary prowess might not be the driving factor here, pure enjoyment is, and I'm going to consider that a win.
Everything is predictable, cliched, and over-the-top. And for some reason, I kept on reading and reading and reading, and I loved every minute of it.
So, while literary prowess might not be the driving factor here, pure enjoyment is, and I'm going to consider that a win.
Reliquary was similar to Relic, and neither blew me away. The mystery isn't as interesting in Reliquary as it was in Relic, if there even is a mystery at all. I personally don't care much for the action present in many novels, and I didn't like it here. I skipped through a bit of the end sections with all of the running through tunnels and things like that. Really, the whole monster in the subway thing doesn't appeal to me, but I love Pendergast, and I think all of the Preston/Child books are well written. I'm glad I read it because it's more Pendergast, but I don't consider it required reading for fans of the series. I may check out the book mentioned in the jacket about the people living in the tunnels in New York, but there is something too fantastic and unbelievable about Relic that took a bit of the enjoyment and seriousness out of it for me.
Definitely a sequel to Relic. Solid Pendergast world building. Introduction to Laura Hayward.
I liked The Relic better. I felt like the middle became somewhat monotonous describing the tunnels and less about the characters. But overall engaging read.
Second books are often inferior to the debut. This sequel is exceptional. If you don't love Pendergast by now, you probably didn't finish Relic anyway.
Ohhh, more guilty pleasures! So many things about these books should make me cringe and give up. The characters are not particularly deep, and poor Pendergast is a bit too perfect to be believed. The science seems sort of dubious and quite a few events happen a bit too coincidentally, but... Aster Tunnels! The atmospheres of lost history that these authors are able to create keep sucking me back again and again. And I do confess a certain guilty glee when Pendergast makes everyone else look like a fool. These are great books to listen to on audio while doing tedious tasks (driving, laundry, file processing...) I've read them horrible out of sequence, and that also doesn't seem to matter much.
Only 3 stars because the twist at the end had me questioning if I even paid close attention to the story. Because what the hell? Otherwise, fun and engrossing.