A review by jakekilroy
Two Graves by Douglas Preston

3.0

This was almost two stars, but there was a lengthy stretch in the middle when I was really into it, like in them good ol' days. However, there's a lot here. And a great deal of it felt unnecessary or thrown in as a rush. I like that Pendergast has weaknesses, as it makes him human, since he had to eventually move away from man of mystery to purposefully driven main character. However, there were so many instances here where he was actually pretty goddamn unbearable. He was often petty without basic compassion. That's not just momentary bogusness, since it represents a lot more of a departure from an established character.

The whole thing was kind of ridiculous, this entire trilogy. The Diogenes trilogy revealed a lot and gave the reader even more. This was kind of sensationalist, which, I agree, is pretty boneheaded to claim on a kind of supernatural mystery series. Pendergast is just moving into Robert Langdon territory, and that ain't good.