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Equinox by Michael White

snuffemuggen's review against another edition

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adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

2.5

lunaseassecondaccount's review

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2.0

Okay, look, this isn't a great book. White here is trying to emulate [a:Dan Brown|630|Dan Brown|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1206553442p2/630.jpg]. It's a lot of nonsense, and at times it's just plain ridiculous. It was easy to spot the killer/people involved by the first third of the book. It's difficult to really get to know anyone in the book, and at times I was just plain bored with the characters.

It's enjoyable, yes, but it's not fantastic. I liked it a little bit. I might even recommend it to some people. I liked that non-fiction information at the end of the novel.

It's easy to tell that White is used to writing non-fiction. He delivers the historical information in a bulky manner. The chapter where Charlie basically gave a monologue on a DVD to tell Laura, Philip and the reader all about Newton and alchemy... I could have laughed at the poor delivery.

Look, it ain't great, but it's okay. Just okay, though.

_t3gz_'s review

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

neelieverniet's review against another edition

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2.0

(probably like 1.5 - 2 stars??)
that was- that was definitely something.. It felt like I was reading a knock-off dan brown book, which I didn't really like. There were waaay too many characters to keep track off, and most of them pretty underdeveloped. I did like the 'facts behind the fiction' part at the end, and the plot is definitely an interesting and original idea. Don't think I'll ever read this book again, but it was entertaining enough iguess.

envd22's review against another edition

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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

4.5

richardpierce's review

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3.0

A great romp. Suspend disbelief. Indiana Jones and conspiracies.

trisha76's review against another edition

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3.0

Als Oxford wordt opgeschrikt door de brute moord op een jonge studente, kunnen Laura Niven en Philip Bainbridge hun intiem etentje wel vergeten.
Philip moet het lichaam op de gevoelige plaat leggen en het is huiveringwekkend. Op de plaats van het hart zit een gat met daarin een gouden munt. Vierentwintig uur later wordt er weer een lichaam gevonden en nu ligt er een zilveren munt op de plaats van de hersenen. Laura, Philip en hun dochter Joanna beginnen de zoektocht naar de moordenaar en ontdekken de rijke historie van Oxford.
In dit verleden ontdekken ze dat er meer van deze moorden zijn gepleegd. Het trio ontdekt een link tussen het heden en het verleden, met Isaac Newton in het middelpunt opzoek naar het eeuwige leven.
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Het verhaal is apart. Op bepaalde punten is het echter voorspelbaar. Het boek is makkelijk opzij te leggen, behalve de laatste pagina's van het verhaal dan wil je toch weten wie er aan de goede kant staan. Ook vervelend zijn de aanvullende pagina's met feiten. Het boek zelf is niet dik, maar door de aanvullende pagina's komen er toch weer een hoop pagina's extra bij. Deze feiten hebben voor mij geen toegevoegde waarde aan het verhaal. Als dit was opgevuld met meer interessante wendingen of plots dan had het boek mogelijk de vier sterren gehaald. Op dit moment krijgt het hier de kwalificatie drie sterren, terwijl ik het zelf een 3,5 ster zou hebben gegeven.
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Michael White is een auteur met 10 boeken en 28 non-fictie boeken op zijn naam. Hij schreef onder andere Equinox en Stephen Hawking-a life in science. Onder de pseudoniem Sam Fisher schreef hij The E-force Trilogie.
Naast het schrijven is hij ook Science editor voor GQ en columnist voor de Sunday Express. In de jaren 80 was White bandlid van The Thompson Twins. Van 1984 - 1991 gaf hij les in Science aan d'Overbroeck's college in Oxford.
Af en toe doet hij ook nog wat voor TV en radio. Iets meer informatie is te vinden op de onderstaande site.
http://www.michaelwhite.com.au/
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1419.Michael_White
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Boekinformatie
Uitgeverij: Van Holkema & Warendorf-Unieboek BV
ISBN: 978.90.269.8558.4
311 pagina's; Paperback

readinggingerbee's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense 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

2.0

neelieverniet's review against another edition

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2.0

(probably like 1.5 - 2 stars??)
that was- that was definitely something.. It felt like I was reading a knock-off dan brown book, which I didn't really like. There were waaay too many characters to keep track off, and most of them pretty underdeveloped. I did like the 'facts behind the fiction' part at the end, and the plot is definitely an interesting and original idea. Don't think I'll ever read this book again, but it was entertaining enough iguess.

inthelunaseas's review

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2.0

Okay, look, this isn't a great book. White here is trying to emulate [a:Dan Brown|630|Dan Brown|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1206553442p2/630.jpg]. It's a lot of nonsense, and at times it's just plain ridiculous. It was easy to spot the killer/people involved by the first third of the book. It's difficult to really get to know anyone in the book, and at times I was just plain bored with the characters.

It's enjoyable, yes, but it's not fantastic. I liked it a little bit. I might even recommend it to some people. I liked that non-fiction information at the end of the novel.

It's easy to tell that White is used to writing non-fiction. He delivers the historical information in a bulky manner. The chapter where Charlie basically gave a monologue on a DVD to tell Laura, Philip and the reader all about Newton and alchemy... I could have laughed at the poor delivery.

Look, it ain't great, but it's okay. Just okay, though.