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A review by veronicartist
Angel of Vengeance by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
5.0
All in all a good entry in the Pendergast story. Wrapped up the Constance trilogy nicely.
I do have some criticisms.
I feel like we spent far too much time getting to know the various henchman, at the expense of delving into Dr. Leng’s motivation. From all the story before, I was under the impression that his deeply held goal was to bring about the end of humanity. When he said no, and started explaining his utopia idea, I felt let down.
They turned him into the typical twirling mustache villain.
Constance as a character is like Pendergast lite. But less charm.
D’Agosta must have been concussed too many times. He did like nothing useful.
What did I love?
Diogenes. The most interesting character.
Diogenes deciding to stay.
.
Mime trying to talk Pendergast into using the machine.
Constance hiding in the house, I would have liked her to use that to her advantage more.
Poisoning Leng. Not a fan of the gun death though, it felt out of place. All the work to poison him, then give him an antidote to shoot him? But… why?
Onward to the next book I guess. I hope we leave human monsters behind and Pendergast solves a real monster story next.
I do have some criticisms.
I feel like we spent far too much time getting to know the various henchman, at the expense of delving into Dr. Leng’s motivation. From all the story before, I was under the impression that his deeply held goal was to bring about the end of humanity. When he said no, and started explaining his utopia idea, I felt let down.
They turned him into the typical twirling mustache villain.
Constance as a character is like Pendergast lite. But less charm.
D’Agosta must have been concussed too many times. He did like nothing useful.
What did I love?
Diogenes. The most interesting character.
Diogenes deciding to stay.
.
Mime trying to talk Pendergast into using the machine.
Constance hiding in the house, I would have liked her to use that to her advantage more.
Poisoning Leng. Not a fan of the gun death though, it felt out of place. All the work to poison him, then give him an antidote to shoot him? But… why?
Onward to the next book I guess. I hope we leave human monsters behind and Pendergast solves a real monster story next.