ngallion 's review for:

The Doomsday Key by James Rollins

3.0

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This book is heavy on action and clues that lead to places where other clues are found, but the characters are almost an afterthought.  Other than which guy is interested in which woman, they all seem almost entirely interchangeable.  This might work well for some people, but for me it feels like a book version of a dumb action movie.  Info dumps end up revealing a lot of the “whys” behind the plot and the whole thing feels pretty forgettable to me.  Still, the part of me that does love a dumb action movie kinda wants to pick up the next book to see where things go and if these characters get any kind of unique personality, but I won’t be in any rush to do so.