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A review by thejordanjournals
Unearthed by Meagan Spooner, Amie Kaufman
4.0
3.75/5 stars.
Wow, well. I have some very complicated feelings about this book.
First of all, I love the concept. It’s this very cool mashup of Indiana Jones, Temple Run, and Lara Croft. We have two teens, on an alien planet, trying to navigate temples, looking for treasure. It 100% should have facilitated action-movie level suspense and adventure. Unfortunately, I really was bored for the first half of this book. It took me 2 months to read the first 150 pages, but less than a week to read the second 150. I kept putting it down in favor of other things. Maybe, I was just too distracted to really get into it. But that second half man, that was good.
I am so stumped and confused by the ending, in a good way. A revelation is made that makes no sense with what we know about this world, and our main characters are just as flabbergasted by what they learn. I am dying (haha that’s a pun) to find out the secrets of the Undying in book 2 because it just doesn’t seem to make sense. That was such a mighty impressive cliffhanger.
I would have liked to see more of the trials and boobytraps in the temple. We all know I love a good clue, scavenger hunt, puzzle to figure out. I felt like we could spent a little more time there. But the whole vibe of those scenes reminded me so much of final scenes of National Treasure, and I was living for it.
Which brings me to my final point, this would make a fantastic movie. If this adaptation is done right, this would be an EPIC action-adventure movie. It would be Indiana Jones meets Lara Croft, and how can you not want that?
Thus, my biggest complaint was the pacing. I felt the beginning portion moved just too slowly for something that hinged on so much action. I wanted to be held in suspense more and longer than I was. I still CANNOT wait for the sequel/conclusion though.
Wow, well. I have some very complicated feelings about this book.
First of all, I love the concept. It’s this very cool mashup of Indiana Jones, Temple Run, and Lara Croft. We have two teens, on an alien planet, trying to navigate temples, looking for treasure. It 100% should have facilitated action-movie level suspense and adventure. Unfortunately, I really was bored for the first half of this book. It took me 2 months to read the first 150 pages, but less than a week to read the second 150. I kept putting it down in favor of other things. Maybe, I was just too distracted to really get into it. But that second half man, that was good.
I am so stumped and confused by the ending, in a good way. A revelation is made that makes no sense with what we know about this world, and our main characters are just as flabbergasted by what they learn. I am dying (haha that’s a pun) to find out the secrets of the Undying in book 2 because it just doesn’t seem to make sense. That was such a mighty impressive cliffhanger.
I would have liked to see more of the trials and boobytraps in the temple. We all know I love a good clue, scavenger hunt, puzzle to figure out. I felt like we could spent a little more time there. But the whole vibe of those scenes reminded me so much of final scenes of National Treasure, and I was living for it.
Which brings me to my final point, this would make a fantastic movie. If this adaptation is done right, this would be an EPIC action-adventure movie. It would be Indiana Jones meets Lara Croft, and how can you not want that?
Thus, my biggest complaint was the pacing. I felt the beginning portion moved just too slowly for something that hinged on so much action. I wanted to be held in suspense more and longer than I was. I still CANNOT wait for the sequel/conclusion though.