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timgonsalves's review
3.0
Overall solid if unexceptional Indy tale with a lot of fun ideas (historical prologue, Indy in the American West, some political intrigue) that never take off much.
How Indy is it...
7/10 - Most of the usual elements are present, but McGregor has sort of gone back here to the smaller scale of his first couple books (even amidst a number of different locations), which keeps it from feeling like a full-fledged outing.
How Indy is it...
7/10 - Most of the usual elements are present, but McGregor has sort of gone back here to the smaller scale of his first couple books (even amidst a number of different locations), which keeps it from feeling like a full-fledged outing.
verkisto's review
3.0
Eh. These books have been okay, at best, but this one feels a little less, partly because of the way MacGregor breaks the book up into these different chunks that feel like separate stories. Here, we travel from France to the Southwestern US to Italy, and while I realize Raiders of the Lost Ark followed a similar kind of formula, at least there felt like a reason to be traveling all over the world in the service to a single story. It feels like MacGregor was just wanting to put as much world culture into the book as he possibly could.
They're still entertaining, but neither are they a match for watching the movies instead. Indy feels like he's best served in a visual medium.
They're still entertaining, but neither are they a match for watching the movies instead. Indy feels like he's best served in a visual medium.
birdmanseven's review
3.0
This starts strong with a underwater archaeological excavation. It's exciting an fun, but the author never quit recaptures that. The rest of the story is fine, though a unicorn horn is a pretty silly macguffin. (This is pre-Crystal Skull, mind you.)
cprimary's review
4.0
This is probably one of the better ones in the series. Maybe I just like it because it is in the southwest.
goblingirlreads's review
1.0
Book 25 of 2015: 1/5 stars
Why did I even finish this? I knew it would be bad. I had just finished one of the most incredible books ever so I thought why not? And at first the absurdity of it all just made me laugh. Indiana Jones and Unicorns? What a hilarious combination! Then it was a struggle to complete because of how poor the storyline was and how mediocre the writing was. But I had this weird internal obligation to finish what I had begun! Either way, I don't recommend this to anyone. Stick with the movies for sure.
Why did I even finish this? I knew it would be bad. I had just finished one of the most incredible books ever so I thought why not? And at first the absurdity of it all just made me laugh. Indiana Jones and Unicorns? What a hilarious combination! Then it was a struggle to complete because of how poor the storyline was and how mediocre the writing was. But I had this weird internal obligation to finish what I had begun! Either way, I don't recommend this to anyone. Stick with the movies for sure.
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