Reliquary

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Summary: basically it's the Relic minus the originaltiy and suspense
Review: I don't know why all these people are raging about this book, it was all I could do to read it through to the end. The interesting things about the Relic (the museum setting, some interesting characters, some suspense as to origination of the moster) were ALL missing. What is left is the same old characters that don't seem nearly as interesting as 1st time (the neophyte NYC scuba diver was the only person I cared about and he is only in it at the beginning and end). The mutants are not as scary, and one would think the setting of lost undergrount tunnels of NY would be eery but really not that much of the book takes place there and it is still only a fraction as interesting as the Museum setting of the 1st book. All I can say is don't believe all the raves. If you want a good no-brainer suspense yarn, try the Cobra Event.

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Summary: amazing read!
Review: If you enjoyed the Relic, and read it in one day because you wouldn't put it down, READ THIS BOOK!! It moved well, as you began to wonder what Pendergast was doing while D'Agosta was going crazy 'topside', you turned the page and found out. The Relic, i thought would be impossible to top, but somehow they have only made this story better, but by filling in the holes they left us questioning earlier...we learned more.

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Summary: An intelligent and infectious sequel
Review: While falling short of surpassing the intensity and originality of "Relic", Preston and Child weave a thoroughly enjoyable sequel, with characters as fascinating as the harrowing situations with which they are forced to cope. The scientific elements and character developments form a smooth continuity from it's predecessor. Making the story particularly readable was the fact that the technology and situations were purely fictional, while the human response to threat and consequential ignorance to scientific discovery were all too familiar.

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Summary: How Good Can it GET???
Review: Douglas & Lincoln dazzled us with The Relic and just as I became frantic for the sequal there it was, no it wasn't as good as the original but this book had me in it's grips. Plenty of action and a graet story line. This was much better then "Mount Dragon"(that sucked). Definitily a graet horror\thriller, it was worth the high price of a hard cover.READ IT!

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Summary: A very gripping story!
Review: As a fan of any good story, I was pleased with the pace of Reliquary and was astonished to find myself reading chapter 25 at the end of my first evening with the book. Although the ending was somewhat formulaic, the story was enjoyable, suspenseful, and creepy: redeeming qualities in any book. Reliquary is highly recommendable.

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Summary: Very Nice
Review: Reliquary is a fairly good horror novel. I say fairly because the monsters were stupid. Instead of a half-reptile half-ape killing machine, there's just about 300 wrinkled druggies with lizard eyes

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Summary: reliquary doesn't surpass relic, but is a worthy sequel
Review: Relic and its sequel remind me of alien and aliens. In the first, you have a thriller about a single creature that seems to be unstopable, while in the sequel, they are dropped left and right, with a larger emphasis on action. That's not to say one style is better than the other. Reliquary has all the techno-jargon you've come to expect from preston and child, but unlike Michael Crichton, they are horror writers at heart. and horror you get, with equal amounts of suspence and gore. Occasionaly, the characters fall a little close to stereotype, with a cool professional FBI man and a street smart NY cop, but do not compromise the story. If you want a satisfying thriller, you can always count on Preston and Child, I'm waiting eagerly for the next one, guys! one last note, If you have only seen the movie of relic, read relic before you read this. Otherwise the story will be paradoxal to say the least.

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Summary: More mutants and moles under Manhattan.
Review: Frolic with the mutants and the moles and boo the incompetent. A lot of fun.

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Summary: As fast paced and breathlessly frightful as The Relic
Review: Are you old enough to remember the movie, "The Thing?" You worried every minute as to what would pop out from behind a door... Evil and Deadly. Sequels are generally a bore and a follow up to make more bucks. No thought given to what made the original a winner. NOT A PROBLEM with Reliquary. A great deal different than Relic but a well thought out sequel. The premise of an underground Manhattan with the same monster "rush" of the original is spell binding. I could not put the book down. This is one that you hate to discuss in order that the reader won't have any hints... Read and Enjoy

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Summary: suspense at it's best
Review: Preston & Childs have secured their place as top suspense writers with their latest "Reliquary". Following in the tremendous footsteps of "Relic", the sequal "Reliquary" surpasses the high standard of it's predesesor. This book starts you back in the old museum and also takes you on a wickedly wild trip through the underground New York. With returning characters like Margo Green and Agent Pendergast this book pics you right up and holds you until the dramatically twisted end. This was truely an excellent suspense thriller.