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A review by leahreadsalot
Ice Hunt by James Rollins
2.0
My first Rollins was The Doomsday Key, which fast-paced--really lame passages in parts, but fast-paced nonetheless. Ice Hunt moved more slowly, contained more lame passages: "...the assassin smiled, feral. Perfect white teeth. Whoever the man worked for, they had a good dental plan." Wtf?! Who cares about his teeth? He's an ASSASSIN, ready to kill the bizarrely observant victim. And there was a baffling extended metaphor about a football right in the middle of a passage about explosives and scary walking-whales. BUTTTT honestly--that's not why I read the "thrillers" as they are called by the library. I like the action, the twisty plot, and all that jazz.
Overall, Ice Hunt addressed the idea of the US government experimenting on people (in this case, freezing people to awaken them years later), scary ice monsters, and had an ending that gave me the willies! Ice Hunt offered an aspect of the X-Files. I just couldn't give it 4 stars. Not as exciting as the other one I read.
Overall, Ice Hunt addressed the idea of the US government experimenting on people (in this case, freezing people to awaken them years later), scary ice monsters, and had an ending that gave me the willies! Ice Hunt offered an aspect of the X-Files. I just couldn't give it 4 stars. Not as exciting as the other one I read.