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3.19 AVERAGE
3.19 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I love Gillian Anderson the actress--the author, not so much. There's a good story in here, but it's buried sub-par writing. I think the problem stems from too much--Rovin's research has obviously helped Anderson to craft this story, but there is such a thing as too much information, and when that starts to overshadow the story and confuse the reader, there's something wrong. It's a fine thriller and Caitlin's trips abroad add the needed scope to take in the international perspective, but...yeah. There might be a vision of fire, but in the real world everything's just a little bit damp.
This book was so bad. So many ideas, very few of them fleshed out. Poorly written characters and very predictable. It was like a bad lifetime movie, you know you should turn the channel but it's so bad that you end up watching the whole thing. I should've stopped reading and moved on to something better but I couldn't.
I was super excited to read this. I liked Gillian Anderson in X-Files but I loved her in Hannibal. When I saw she wrote a book that was a little bit sci-fi with a little bit of a thriller, I was excited to read A Vision of Fire. I am sorry to say that I found it slow paced and just a little bit disjointed. Not every book is a gem and I would read another written by G.A. but not in this series.
The basic plot of Vision of Fire was an interesting one--an accomplished psychiatrist tries desperately to help a young woman with a bizarre constellation of symptoms (to use one of T.V. medical drama's favorite terms), such as talking in tongues, seemingly impossible physical manifestations of thoughts, and disconnecting from the real world. Something about the writing made me think of Scott Sigler, only less violent and brash, and replace the science with new age woo. Although I very much prefer science fiction, I still enjoyed reading Vision of Fire. It was an easy read and hard to put down, not a bad choice for an vacation book.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Honestly, I'm not quite sure WTF happened at the end of this book. Kind of lost interest after Caitlyn's eighty millionth trip around the globe to visit a possessed teenager.
But it was Scully narrating it, so that was cool.
I think there were aliens at the end? Also, someone's brain literally exploded.
I'll probs listen to the second one, let's be real. But this was not so much a masterpiece for me.
But it was Scully narrating it, so that was cool.
I think there were aliens at the end? Also, someone's brain literally exploded.
I'll probs listen to the second one, let's be real. But this was not so much a masterpiece for me.
I WANT[ed] TO BELIEVE that my beloved Gillian Anderson, she of the seductive voice who played a huge part in my coming of age, could write a riveting book. I didn't need it to have literary value, but I thought it could be compelling. Boy was I wrong!
Throughout much of the book I kept wondering which parts were hers and which parts were Rovin's. I thought, I'm going to give this a two-star review. Then I got to the end and was incredibly disappointed. The epilogue is meant to whet our whistle for the release of the second book in this saga, but my interest is not piqued enough to spend money on the second installment.
Throughout much of the book I kept wondering which parts were hers and which parts were Rovin's. I thought, I'm going to give this a two-star review. Then I got to the end and was incredibly disappointed. The epilogue is meant to whet our whistle for the release of the second book in this saga, but my interest is not piqued enough to spend money on the second installment.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This was really disappointing. It was trying to be Jame Rollins-esque but failed miserably. There was zero character development. They were just plopped down in the setting and reacted. The plot itself plodded along. I think it was supposed to be a fast paced story but I cared so little about what was happening that it felt like it dragged. The whole story is pretty hard to buy. I get that it involved the supernatural so you have to accept things that don't make sense, but I always expect a story to make sense within the logic of the world. I just didn't buy this one. Reads like a first attempt. Maybe the later books will be better but I am going to pass.