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A review by nessynoname
The Obsidian Chamber by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Ya know....
I've been reading Pendergast for a long time. Like, over a decade.
I just... don't think I want to read about Constance having a sex life. Like... yay feminism, you go get em' girl and all that but... watching her have a will-she-or-won't-she and/or getting downwith the Pendergast bros is not on my list of things to do. Honestly, having a full lineup of characters expressing sexual and or romantic interest in her since at least Two Graves is just getting tiring. I really like Constance as a character but that's kind of the opposite of the reason why. It doesn't really feel empowering, or like its adding dimension to her otherwise quiet scholarly character. It just feels like the authors decided to make her sexy cause of course they did. Its just, very fatiguing.
I've also not been fond of her crush on Pendergast since it first developed but at the very least in this bookhe gets to put his foot down and tell her its never going to work out between them because he's basically her dad and its weird. It IS weird Preston and Child, why have we been teasing this for however many books? And as cathartic as that might seem, it just serves to make things irrevocably awkward between them and just... doesn't leave the book on a good note.
Its too bad that the later half of the book was so... difficult for me, because the opening act with the chase across the whole damn world? *Thrilling,* peak Preston and Child. But in thatProctor ends up stranded in the desert and nearly maimed, the fact that Pendergast hardly even thanks him at the end, when he just shows up back in New York after being rescued off screen just makes it feel like that whole sequence really didn't matter in the end. Sigh.
I've been reading Pendergast for a long time. Like, over a decade.
I just... don't think I want to read about Constance having a sex life. Like... yay feminism, you go get em' girl and all that but... watching her have a will-she-or-won't-she and/or getting down
I've also not been fond of her crush on Pendergast since it first developed but at the very least in this book
Its too bad that the later half of the book was so... difficult for me, because the opening act with the chase across the whole damn world? *Thrilling,* peak Preston and Child. But in that