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The Book of the Dead by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

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luciearan's review against another edition

2.0

Sérii Pendergast, jsem si oblíbila, je až neuvěřitelné, jak spolu autoři zvládají přetvořit neuvěřitelný příběh, na v podstatě uvěřitelný. Kniha mrtvých, však pro mě byla poněkud zklamáním. Ne snad, že by byla méně čtivá, nebo hůř napsaná, než díly předchozí. Ale už od samého začátku mě, Diogenovo vměšování, nebavilo. Vzhledem k tomu, že tento příběh je mu věnovaný v podstatě celý, je pak nasnadě, že ve mě žádné přílišné nadšení, nevyvolal. Je to zvláštní, protože Diogenes patří k Pendergastovi zhruba stejně, jako Moriarti k Holmesovi. Paradoxně v obou sériích mě, tyto souboje kladných a záporných hrdinů, nechávají poněkud chladnou, a raději upřednostním knihy či díly, ve kterých se v podstatě nevyskytují, anebo je jim věnováno jen minimum prostoru. Je to však čistě o osobních preferencích, a ne o kvalitě knihy, jako takové.

jgintrovertedreader's review against another edition

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3.0

Apparently this is the third book of a trilogy and I didn't know it. So I'm all out of order here, but I don't think that has anything to do with how I saw the book.

The Book of the Dead was another page-turner from Preston and Child. I flew through these 600 pages. I was mostly able to get a good idea of what had gone on in the previous two books as I read through.

My complaint is that it seemed to go on and on, beyond all reason. I got to what should have been the climax and realized there were still about 150 pages left to go. Either this scene was going to be crazily drawn out or the book was too long. The book was too long. I can only imagine that if I had read the previous two books, this feeling would have been magnified.

And what is it with these guys and the bombshell last sentences? They've done it in two of the three books of theirs I've read. Give it a rest already.

Diehard fans of this duo will want to read this, especially if they've read the first two. I enjoyed their book [b:Thunderhead|136636|Thunderhead|Douglas Preston|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172082457s/136636.jpg|294161] much more.

calico10's review

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

8qqimc8q's review against another edition

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4.0

While a little long the book had enough events running simultaneously with interesting characters to keep the story moving. Long after the plot and villain was suspected if not obvious a few new twists and turns in the last 100 or so pages that revealed even more subplots and themes.