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micki 's review for:
Gideon's Corpse
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
douglas preston and lincoln child are 2 of my favorite writers EVER. cabinet of curiosities is on my bookshelf of favorite books of ALL TIME, along with dickens, austen, mccarthy, etc. that's why this book (and series) makes me so sad.
as someone else pointed out, the book reads like a subpar movie script. it reads like p&c just phoned this one in - being careful to tick all the boxes of the thriller formula. the "idea" of gideon crewe is great. i don't mind what other people have called his implausible skill-set. pendergast is about as implausible as they come, and i adored him from day one, so gideon has my permission to strain the limits of believability, but where is the elegant storytelling? this book felt forced in every way. i still can hardly believe p&c wrote it. i'm ashamed to say i had to FORCE myself to finish this book. and that makes me very sad b/c i love reading more than almost anything, and p&c books are always highly anticipated reads for me.
will i read the next book in the series? of course. THAT'S how much i adore p&c. but, sadly, i'm not looking forward to it at all. :-(
as someone else pointed out, the book reads like a subpar movie script. it reads like p&c just phoned this one in - being careful to tick all the boxes of the thriller formula. the "idea" of gideon crewe is great. i don't mind what other people have called his implausible skill-set. pendergast is about as implausible as they come, and i adored him from day one, so gideon has my permission to strain the limits of believability, but where is the elegant storytelling? this book felt forced in every way. i still can hardly believe p&c wrote it. i'm ashamed to say i had to FORCE myself to finish this book. and that makes me very sad b/c i love reading more than almost anything, and p&c books are always highly anticipated reads for me.
will i read the next book in the series? of course. THAT'S how much i adore p&c. but, sadly, i'm not looking forward to it at all. :-(