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ehamlett's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
kimbar's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
missyjohnson's review against another edition
2.0
I have “seen this movie” before. Never before seen terrifying monster in a remote mostly abandoned army outpost terrifies and kills unsuspecting inhabitants. Your usual suspects are there and are “picked off” one by one almost according to their selfish, self-centered, annoying character. Ho hum. Not sure how the Jeremy Logan #2 comes into play as he was a character that seemed completely misplaced. His arrivial to the outpost really made no sense and he had no real impact on the outcome. Oddly done.
bethlovescake's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
pam2375's review against another edition
2.0
This was an OK book. I did not find it particularly suspensful or frightening. I'm not sure why there were so many characters introduced in the book, since they really didn't seem to go anywhere or have much to do with the actual story.
I'm glad that it was a library book that I can promptly return. I suspect that I will not be remembering much of this story after a few days.
I'm glad that it was a library book that I can promptly return. I suspect that I will not be remembering much of this story after a few days.
sandygx260's review against another edition
2.0
Many parts of this book were unintentionally hilarious. Child should just have certain cliche characters wear red shirts ala "Star Trek", because you know the second he introduces them, they are going to die.
qu33nofbookz's review against another edition
3.0
At the edge of northern Alaska a team of scientists are on a sponsored study of global warming near a glacier covered mountain/volcano. They make a startling discovery inside of a recently uncovered cave. A prehistoric animal, they think is a saber-tooth tiger, frozen in glacier ice. Upon returning to the military base they are using as a lab they find a group of native people telling them that they are in danger and need to leave. They ignore them and call in their find. The group sponsoring the study begins sending in a ton of people for a film crew. Turns out they signed all their rights away for anything they find and the film company wants it. They want to document not only the state of the find but they want to cut the creature out of the mountain, thaw it out and show it off on live tv. But it turns out that their version of documentary is like shooting a fictional film and everyone is rubbing everyone else the wrong way from the start. But on the day of the unveiling of thawed creature they find it's missing and the film bosses think it's sabotage. As the day wears on and a storm settles in they find that the creature isn't as dead as it should be and they are trapped with it. Also it isn't any creature known to man... Now it's a race to kill it before it kills all of them and get back to civilization.
While the story was good and the science behind it was interesting and believable and the fact that Mr. Jeremy Logan is an active character this time that's the only good parts. There are way too many characters to keep track of at first until they start getting killed off. Then the story pov starts splintering between three groups of people a quarter of the way through. Last is besides the fact that this takes place on land and mostly above ground instead of under the sea with a creature instead of a civilization this is pretty much a carbon copy of the first book in the series. It's like the author came up with a formula for a novel and is basing all of them on that exact same formula just changing the setting or object of interest. The military are smarter but a film crew take place of the protesters and now everyone is the same as the last book.
Spoiler
it's either some kind of crazy mutation that doesn't leave fossils, a spirit/god like animal or Jeremy Logan's theory, an alien/aliens pet that got left behind when aliens visited (like when they dropped off their weapons at the bottom of our ocean in the last book)While the story was good and the science behind it was interesting and believable and the fact that Mr. Jeremy Logan is an active character this time that's the only good parts. There are way too many characters to keep track of at first until they start getting killed off. Then the story pov starts splintering between three groups of people a quarter of the way through. Last is besides the fact that this takes place on land and mostly above ground instead of under the sea with a creature instead of a civilization this is pretty much a carbon copy of the first book in the series. It's like the author came up with a formula for a novel and is basing all of them on that exact same formula just changing the setting or object of interest. The military are smarter but a film crew take place of the protesters and now everyone is the same as the last book.
jacqueshol's review against another edition
4.0
Another rather enjoyable book by Lincoln Child. I particularly like the pace that he writes at. Yes, sure Matthew Reilly's and Andy McDermott's books are much more "pacey" and dramatic, but not nearly as realistic. Therefore, even though the plots of Mr Child's books are outlandish, they still feel rather plausible.
This book reminded me of an episode of The New Avengers that I saw as a young kid in the 70's where huge sewerage rats terrified people. Only here it was a prehistoric saber tooth tiger. The scary moments were truly tense.
The ending was perhaps a tad "meh", but I've felt the same about some of the author's other books too. He obviously doesn't go in for the really big Hollywood finale. On the one hand, I like it, but also feel let down at the same time. I suppose I can't fault the author for my indecision.
So, would I recommend it? Sure, if you like a bit of a thriller, mixed with some dubious science and a dose of fear and gore, this book may just be right up your alley.
Keep turning the pages.
This book reminded me of an episode of The New Avengers that I saw as a young kid in the 70's where huge sewerage rats terrified people. Only here it was a prehistoric saber tooth tiger. The scary moments were truly tense.
The ending was perhaps a tad "meh", but I've felt the same about some of the author's other books too. He obviously doesn't go in for the really big Hollywood finale. On the one hand, I like it, but also feel let down at the same time. I suppose I can't fault the author for my indecision.
So, would I recommend it? Sure, if you like a bit of a thriller, mixed with some dubious science and a dose of fear and gore, this book may just be right up your alley.
Keep turning the pages.
grimdarkandgleeful's review against another edition
adventurous
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
3.0
creepycrawlybookworm's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5