The Relic

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Summary: an all right book....for the most part
Review: This was a good read, but there were too many characters to keep straight. The book didn't cut to the chase, and was scientifically incorrect.

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Summary: SCARES AND THRILLS
Review: THIS BOOK REALLY GOT ME INTO READING,THE MOVIE WAS GOOD, BUT THE BOOK WAS BETTER

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Summary: A Really Great Book with a lot of action
Review: I'm only 13 and this is already one of my favorite books. It is good all the way through and the ending leads to a very good sequel. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes bloody, gory action.

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Summary: Garbage and pseudo-scientific gobbledly-gook
Review: I decided that I would finish this book, even though I knew at about the half-way point, I would have to dispose of it so that at least there would be one fewer copy on the face of the earth when I was done. The plot is non-existent, the characters completely unbelievable, either mind-boggingly stupid, or geniuses of the first order. The science is so weak as to be embarassing. More than embarassing, absolute garbage, even taking into account poetic license. To anyone who believes that you can sequence an entire genome overnight, I can recommend a few good books on biology. The authors could also benefit from reading these books. To anyone who believes that this is a quality novel, or anything beyond toilet-paper, all I can say is "There are good scientific thrillers out there, these authors couldn't write one, even if they were copying one word-for-word."

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Summary: Beastology
Review: The most I think about the story I am to review, the most I am out of words to express its brilliance. First, I have to say that this is one of the most captivating and absorbing stories I have ever read. Each page makes you submerge into the story with such a passion that it makes this book the more fluid and entertaining to read. Gifted with an amazing start, as well as a solid plot the book leads the path to an unpredictable ending which certainly took me by surprise. Despite almost the entire story is narrated from inside a museum the experience is far from boring (it'd be the same that saying that Stephen King's "Misery" was a piece of trash because it all happened inside a house). If you're into this kind of story, or you liked Jaws and Jurassic Park, then you have a valuable reason to buy and read this book. You won't be disappointed.

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Summary: Intensly Suspenseful, a definite page-turner
Review: At first it seems like, a rip off of the Alien/Predator Movie. It then takes off into a major scientific mystery. The story penned is none that I have ever heard. A bige page turner right to the end.

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Summary: Outstanding
Review: The brutal murders in the mueseum were detailed enough that you could picture the corpse in your mind. Definatly not for the weak.

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Summary: RELIC DONE JAMS!!
Review: In short, this book done jams, yeah yeah. The language used in Relic is unparalleled in any book I have ever read. From the way the characters are developed to the pandemonium at the museum opening, the words give you a perfect veiw of whats going on. You can feel and envision yourself in the situation. Relic done Jams! Douglas Preston done Jams! Yeah Yeah!

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Summary: Blasphemy
Review: In my humble opinion, comparing this book to any Crichton book is blasphemy. Preston has a good way in front of him until he learns how to make a thriller comparable to "Sphere", for an example. Even poor Crichton books, like "Airframe", outruns this Relic. It's a very enjoyable read, though. But, whoa, hold your horses, reviwers. Nothing to stay wake up to 3a.m. Don't waste your sleep time.

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Summary: The Best Book I Have Ever Read
Review: This book is perfect, from the first to the last page. You're all the time in tension while reading it, and it's one of the few horror books that in the last scene the monster is not dumb. READ THIS BOOK, AND YOU'LL KNOW WHAT A GOOD HORROR STORY IS!