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Still Life With Crows
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
I guess I should have expected it. After three great books, the law of averages finally caught up with Agent Pendergast.
While this book is still much better than most of the dross out there, this is easily the weakest so far due to two reasons. The first being the over-reliance on the memory palace (this was ok in The Cabinet of Curiosities) because in this book it acts as a deux ex machina. The second is the trite resolution (no spoilers). This book has excellent writing and characterization going for it along one of the coolest names ever but that is not enough for me to overlook the previous points.
So, Still Life with Crows is good but not great.
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While this book is still much better than most of the dross out there, this is easily the weakest so far due to two reasons. The first being the over-reliance on the memory palace (this was ok in The Cabinet of Curiosities) because in this book it acts as a deux ex machina. The second is the trite resolution (no spoilers). This book has excellent writing and characterization going for it along one of the coolest names ever but that is not enough for me to overlook the previous points.
So, Still Life with Crows is good but not great.
I have more reviews at my blog