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labunnywtf's review
3.0
Purchased in April of 2010, autographed "To Bunny" by the author, who was super duper sweet.
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I think I expect too much from Christopher Rice.
Not because of his mother, as I think some other fans do. But because I am SUCH a fan of his first two books. I keep expecting that the next book will be as good as the first two. And when the next book isn't, I hold out hope for the one after that.
Yeah, this one didn't do that for me. It's confused me to the point where I think I need to read DoS again. Am I remembering it wrong? Was it really not as good as I think?
Now, that's not to say this book isn't perfectly presentable on its own. This is no Light of Day. It might even be better than Blind Fall. I seem to have blocked out all plot points from that novel, so I'm not 100% on comparing right now.
I think he needs to stick with female protagonists. He writes them very well. There was some disconnect, however, when it comes to the relationship between Megan and Cameron. He set up the disconnect from the jump by talking about how she had been too stressed out to focus on what was going on with her brother. But even as she's racing to Hong Kong and being interviewed by the FBI, it felt more like she was talking about a friend than a sibling. I don't know. Something about their relationship didn't work for me.
Honestly, my favorite moments in the book involved Cameron. I liked the small bits with him and Majed in the beginning, and I loved the flashback to his friendship with Aabid. They were small moments, but they showed the kind of person Cameron was. This was a really wonderful, subtle way to show his character. So bravo on that point.
The plot was convoluted. That's all I can really say. It starts out with this enormous terrorist threat, then swerves left, swerves right, hits a pot hole, and goes tumbling tail over head over a cliff. I appreciated the twists, because I like twists. But...what? I'm still trying to work through them.
If you can't tell, I'm torn in my review. So three stars seems fair.
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I think I expect too much from Christopher Rice.
Not because of his mother, as I think some other fans do. But because I am SUCH a fan of his first two books. I keep expecting that the next book will be as good as the first two. And when the next book isn't, I hold out hope for the one after that.
Yeah, this one didn't do that for me. It's confused me to the point where I think I need to read DoS again. Am I remembering it wrong? Was it really not as good as I think?
Now, that's not to say this book isn't perfectly presentable on its own. This is no Light of Day. It might even be better than Blind Fall. I seem to have blocked out all plot points from that novel, so I'm not 100% on comparing right now.
I think he needs to stick with female protagonists. He writes them very well. There was some disconnect, however, when it comes to the relationship between Megan and Cameron. He set up the disconnect from the jump by talking about how she had been too stressed out to focus on what was going on with her brother. But even as she's racing to Hong Kong and being interviewed by the FBI, it felt more like she was talking about a friend than a sibling. I don't know. Something about their relationship didn't work for me.
Honestly, my favorite moments in the book involved Cameron. I liked the small bits with him and Majed in the beginning, and I loved the flashback to his friendship with Aabid. They were small moments, but they showed the kind of person Cameron was. This was a really wonderful, subtle way to show his character. So bravo on that point.
The plot was convoluted. That's all I can really say. It starts out with this enormous terrorist threat, then swerves left, swerves right, hits a pot hole, and goes tumbling tail over head over a cliff. I appreciated the twists, because I like twists. But...what? I'm still trying to work through them.
If you can't tell, I'm torn in my review. So three stars seems fair.
queerbillydeluxe's review against another edition
3.0
Though I definitely did not think this was as good as The Snow Garden or Density of Souls, I was hooked on the story enough to stay up way past my bedtime finishing it. The plot got a bit convoluted in places, but I liked most of the characters and Rice is just an excellent writer.
haldoor's review
4.0
The second reading was as good as the first. Christopher Rice knows how to keep the momentum of a story going. Surprise twists along the way always make for a god story too.
anteus7's review
3.0
My first Christopher Rice book--alright, but I think I'll have to try another. I just didn't really connect with this book.
librarydino's review against another edition
3.0
Though I definitely did not think this was as good as The Snow Garden or Density of Souls, I was hooked on the story enough to stay up way past my bedtime finishing it. The plot got a bit convoluted in places, but I liked most of the characters and Rice is just an excellent writer.
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