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A review by wyrmdog
Two Graves by Douglas Preston
3.0
There comes a point where your villains are caricatures, your concepts hackneyed, and. your resolutions predictable. Despite having a good time reading this book, all of the above is true of Two Graves.
Both the Digoenese and Helen trilogies are well executed overall, but also feel like more of an obligation than a fun romp. The side plots are inevitably more fun, more interesting, and more engaging in every way. What started out infinitely more interesting than the absurd embrace of Diogenes as a villain devolved in this book to a weird cartoonish paradox of stupid ideas coupled with workmanlike, professional execution of the prose.
The stories are clearly well planned and written to a high degree of proficiency, and while I did enjoy the book, it had so much more potential than it's tired and overdone reveals allowed.
Perhaps now we can get back to the stories that really help the Pendergast series to shine.
Both the Digoenese and Helen trilogies are well executed overall, but also feel like more of an obligation than a fun romp. The side plots are inevitably more fun, more interesting, and more engaging in every way. What started out infinitely more interesting than the absurd embrace of Diogenes as a villain devolved in this book to a weird cartoonish paradox of stupid ideas coupled with workmanlike, professional execution of the prose.
The stories are clearly well planned and written to a high degree of proficiency, and while I did enjoy the book, it had so much more potential than it's tired and overdone reveals allowed.
Perhaps now we can get back to the stories that really help the Pendergast series to shine.