Reviews

Empire of Gold by Andy McDermott

reader89's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

fdarlene491's review against another edition

3.0

Empire Of Gold, By Andy McDermott, was originally published in 2011 as book 7 in the series. As with previous books, Empire deals with real issues of the day as the plot line. We have black market items, smuggling, looting, archeology, civil unrest in Central America. All very timely for 2011. I'm only giving this story 3 stars because I thought it seemed forced. The Nina Wilde/Eddie Chase formula didn't work as well as it should. Nina & Eddie are fighting through a lot of the book. Normal for a couple but they fight about the craziest things, like hanging off a plane vs jumping from a moving jeep. I thought there were too many characters brought to the forefront that could have remained in the background & not muddied the waters. Well, I'm on to the next book in the series. Happy reading.

knavar20's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.5

duparker's review

3.0

If you like these books you'll love this one. I liked the premise originally, but have found the execution to have dropped off. It is really the same old, same old from the banner, to the self created relationship issues, to the unrealistic violence, to the dead ex wife who comes back for a forth time. Ugh. I'm done.

relates's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

shezz's review against another edition

2.0

Defiantly my least favourite of this series by far. Way to much death defying action and way to little archaeology/mythology.

jonathanrobert's review

adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

3.5

auntblh's review against another edition

3.0

This is my least favorite book of the series so far. In my opinion, El Dorado was found too quickly and there was too much time spent on the attempted coup. I realize that is was part of the journey to El Dorado but I prefer to have more archeology/history. I would have also liked to know more about the statues but I guess that will have to wait until the next one.

wyrmbergmalcolm's review

4.0

Admittedly by now these books do all kind of run into one another, but who cares, right? Another high-octane thrilling adventure this time finding the mysterious lost city of El Dorado. Of course there are also bad guys who want to get there first for a REASON. Lots of explosions, vehicles chases, death-defying escapes and willful destruction of priceless archeological sites.
The REASON is annoyingly never divulged, but, like the previous book, this book has a 'To be continued...' style ending.
Despite not being entirely satisfying, this was a lot of fun to read and was better paced than some of the previous books.

imzadirose's review against another edition

3.0

Not one of the better ones, and I miss Gildart Jackson as narrator. :( Not looking forward to this guy for the rest, he's ok, but not Gildart. :/

The story was ok, sad parts tho. :(