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A review by luxlunae47
Two Graves by Douglas Preston
2.0
I've loved their books ever since I first read Relic but this one was terrible. There were two completely unrelated side plots that only served to stuff in extra action scenes. I have always thought of the appeal of the Preston&Child pairing to be interesting ideas + tight action but the final reveal idea on this one was just not that interesting (especially compared to say, fever dream or cabinet of curiosities) and the action was largely pointless and unrelated to the story line at all.
Corrie Swanson has to flee NYC and gets embroiled in a sleazy car sales scam that set up her father. If you read this you might keep reading her chapters wondering how they fit in but they never do. Someone else said that her parts of the book felt like a set up for turning her into a full fledged partner for Pendergast in the future (which would fail, like the rest of their female characters (except Constance) she lacks anything especially interesting about her) but I also wonder whether they might try to pair her with their Gideon series which is not doing as well popularity wise as Pendergast.
Very disappointed and wondering if they've run out of the cool ideas that made this series great.
Corrie Swanson has to flee NYC and gets embroiled in a sleazy car sales scam that set up her father. If you read this you might keep reading her chapters wondering how they fit in but they never do. Someone else said that her parts of the book felt like a set up for turning her into a full fledged partner for Pendergast in the future (which would fail, like the rest of their female characters (except Constance) she lacks anything especially interesting about her) but I also wonder whether they might try to pair her with their Gideon series which is not doing as well popularity wise as Pendergast.
Very disappointed and wondering if they've run out of the cool ideas that made this series great.