The Wheel of Darkness by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Wheel of Darkness
Book Review: Disappointed
Summary: 1 Stars
HUGE Pendergast fan. Got hooked the moment I read Relic. I have also read all the other Preston/Child collaborations and enjoyed them. This book, however, was a waste of time. The beginning had some potential but once they got on the boat, it was just bland, ho-hum, run of the mill literary shlock. Pendergast is reduced to some 2 bit detective. I, unlike other people, enjoy the character of Constance Greene but here, she is written in like some throw away character. The other new characters on the boat and their side stories were boring. The "suspenseful" incident to the boat was anything but. Since I didn't care about the characters, I couldn't care less what happened to them. The writing just seemed listless and it translated into the characters and the story. The bit about the casino was pedestrian at best. It was almost bad plagerism from the book 'Bringing Down the House' by Ben Mezrich. So crestfallen. Where is that wonderfully enigmatic brilliant 'FBI' agent? I hope this is just a minor bump in the road and that Cemetary Dance will be better. If not, what a waste of an absolutely fantastic character.Book Review: Disappointing
Summary: 3 Stars
This book reminded me a little of "The Ice Limit" which is a fascinating read. Unfortunately it fell flat. Three quarters of the way through, it picked up, enough so that I did not even hear the conductor on the train asking for my ticket. Still not enough for me to rate it as high as prior books.Book Review: Do you like Dan Brown's work?
Summary: 2 Stars
If you like Dan Brown, you may also like "Wheel." It's over descriptive, I mean, how many corridors and stairs and tunnels can one endure? Gets pretty boring.
I prefer a fast moving story with character depth. These characters had nothing interesting about them. They were just stick figures running about, and about, and about.
I don't recommend this book.
Book Review: Don't bother!
Summary: 1 Stars
The best word I can think of to describe this book is LAME! I'm a big fan of Preston and Childs' previous works, but this one was a stinker. The other negative reviews mirror my sentiments exactly. Don't waste your time with this one, you'll end up disappointed.Book Review: Enjoyable, if a little overly "exotic"
Summary: 4 Stars
I enjoyed this book, I usually enjoy anything this writing team churns out. I read mostly as a leisure pursuit and this book is definately for those kind of moments. There were some interesting plot twists and it moved at a good pace. Some slight (nitpicking) issues with the UK setting for part of the plot, I have never seen a london cab at 110 miles per hour, and I don't think anyone has asked for a taxi from "your pool" of hotel taxis for about, er, forty years.
But thumbs up, enjoyed it and have passed it on to friends.