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A review by wyrmdog
Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston
4.0
I find it hard to review books in a long-running series, sometimes. They share themes, characters, and even the authors' eccentricities, resulting in thoughts that come off very samey. I have this issue with the Pike Logan books and the Dresden books as well as the Pendergast series here.
But sometimes things get shaken up and sometimes a book is dreadfully dull or monumentally riveting, depending.
Cemetery dance is better than most of the preceding books, and also one that shakes things up. The biggest surprise isn't even a surprise, really, mentioned as it is in ad copy. But it feels like more than part of the brief interlude that bridges the Diogenes' trilogy with the launch of the one surrounding the mystery of Pendergast's late wife, which I believe the next book kicks off.
I enjoyed this one, though I feel like I am not just saying goodbye to one character permanently, but to another for quite some time.
But sometimes things get shaken up and sometimes a book is dreadfully dull or monumentally riveting, depending.
Cemetery dance is better than most of the preceding books, and also one that shakes things up. The biggest surprise isn't even a surprise, really, mentioned as it is in ad copy. But it feels like more than part of the brief interlude that bridges the Diogenes' trilogy with the launch of the one surrounding the mystery of Pendergast's late wife, which I believe the next book kicks off.
I enjoyed this one, though I feel like I am not just saying goodbye to one character permanently, but to another for quite some time.