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A review by spiderkitten
Ice Hunt by James Rollins
3.0
I found this novel a bit hard to get through. The story wasn't bad and there was certainly plenty of action however I found it a slow read, and it really felt like it was dragging in parts, particularly in the latter half.
There was a large range of interesting characters but I thought the story jumped between different groupings of people so often that I started to lose any sense of who was where and when, who was alive and who was injured or dead. And I don't feel like any of the characters was really used to their full potential. I was left wondering why some of the characters needed to be there in the first place.
On reflection, it almost feels like there was just too much going on in this novel. Too many locations, too many characters, too much going back and forth between locations. A simpler, less cluttered storyline would have made for a better read in my opinion.
As an action thriller it paled in comparison to other novels with similar premises and settings, but on the whole it wasn't a terrible read.
There was a large range of interesting characters but I thought the story jumped between different groupings of people so often that I started to lose any sense of who was where and when, who was alive and who was injured or dead. And I don't feel like any of the characters was really used to their full potential. I was left wondering why some of the characters needed to be there in the first place.
On reflection, it almost feels like there was just too much going on in this novel. Too many locations, too many characters, too much going back and forth between locations. A simpler, less cluttered storyline would have made for a better read in my opinion.
As an action thriller it paled in comparison to other novels with similar premises and settings, but on the whole it wasn't a terrible read.