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vrmoore's review against another edition
3.0
Love pendergast - not my gav, but a fun book.
Cliffhanger ending tho that just about killed me!
Cliffhanger ending tho that just about killed me!
ruby_catmom's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
writer_matt's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
alexisbranham4's review against another edition
4.0
This one wasn't quite as good as other volumes of the series.
vidalia's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
becki_c's review against another edition
2.0
What on the earth just happened! I thought I was reading fiction, based if not on true reality, at least using the strange and bizarre forms of evolution that we can sometimes glimpse in the world around us …. Until this novel.
The writers managed to jump out of a 100 storied building & imploded into a mess of fantasy, sci-fi, and and and …. Now, sitting in the shaky ruins of what I thought was going to be an epic adventure with Pendergast, Coldmoon, and begrudgingly Constance (aka… sociopath with a passionate love-affair with her stiletto) I am at a lost as to what Preston & Child were trying to accomplish with this novel.
Well, all good things come to and end and it’s my time to leave this series, unfinished & unread. If, another Pendergast novel is forthcoming I’ll now have to wait for a trusted friend to read it first… I (like Coldwater) am too traumatised.
The writers managed to jump out of a 100 storied building & imploded into a mess of fantasy, sci-fi, and and and …. Now, sitting in the shaky ruins of what I thought was going to be an epic adventure with Pendergast, Coldmoon, and begrudgingly Constance (aka… sociopath with a passionate love-affair with her stiletto) I am at a lost as to what Preston & Child were trying to accomplish with this novel.
Well, all good things come to and end and it’s my time to leave this series, unfinished & unread. If, another Pendergast novel is forthcoming I’ll now have to wait for a trusted friend to read it first… I (like Coldwater) am too traumatised.
kiminindy's review against another edition
4.0
So, this one was a little long for me. Seemed like the plot drug out a little more than necessary this time. I'm curious to see where this cliffhanger takes us though.
ithilwen22's review against another edition
4.0
This is one of the better Pendergast books to come out in recent years, almost taking me back to my first experience reading Relic which gave me nightmares. I enjoyed the banter between Pendergast and Coldmoon, as well as the continuation of Constance's character arc (although the "will they won't they" plotline is getting stale, and I don't think it's over yet).
I won't get too spoilery, but while in the past the Gents have been rather ambiguous about the more speculative fiction elements, they lean hard into them this time. I was utterly surprised by where they took it, although it works well with elements from past books (the memory walks, as well as the "seeing someone's actions a few seconds ahead" thing that happened in Two Graves). I liked that although I was able to guess the more mundane mystery, the ending was completely unexpected. Some people may not like the introduction of something closer to weird fiction but I'm excited to see where this goes.
I won't get too spoilery, but while in the past the Gents have been rather ambiguous about the more speculative fiction elements, they lean hard into them this time. I was utterly surprised by where they took it, although it works well with elements from past books (the memory walks, as well as the "seeing someone's actions a few seconds ahead" thing that happened in Two Graves). I liked that although I was able to guess the more mundane mystery, the ending was completely unexpected. Some people may not like the introduction of something closer to weird fiction but I'm excited to see where this goes.