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Summary: First-rate thriller from first-rate writers...
Review: I'm not easily impressed and you definitely won't see a spate of positive gushing reviews that aren't warranted, but Preston and Child definitely impress me and they've won me over as a reader for sure.This book has such a wide range of appealing elements: spooky underground tunnels, mysterious life from mysterious science, interesting and well-developed characters, and a beautifully executed pace. If you're a thriller fan who hasn't yet discovered Preston & Child, this is a great book with which to start.
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Summary: great reading
Review: Every book I have read by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child has pleased me! They have a wonderful style of writing that gets your attention from the start! If you like books that don't drag on at the beg., taking forever to get to the action this would be a good chocie!
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Summary: Fast Paced
Review: I liked the fast pace of this novel. This is a lot of fascinating information presented about the history of the New York Museum of Natural History. A strange crate brought to the museum seems to have unleashed a mysterious monster. Some of the story is predictable as there are a lot of people that take a long time to convince that there is something wrong. Also, the first confrontation with the creature and the military turns out to be a total disaster for the soldiers. Some parts make your heart skip a beat. Not for the weak-stomached reader!
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Summary: Thriller, Chiller, Killer.....
Review: It all started when an expedition to discover the ancient Kothoga tribe of South America went wrong. Now, years later, a supernatural killing machine goes on a wild rampage through the creepiest place on earth: the New York Museum of Natural History...
It's booming business for the museum. A new exhibition titled "Superstition" is just days from being released for the public. Everything seems to be going well, until the bodies of two young boys are found in the sub-basement, brutally massacred by some mysterious creature. And it's only the beginning of a string of related murders within the heart of the museum. An intense investigation leads to clues about this creature and the way it kills, but no suggestions as to what it might be. Museum researcher Margo Green must now team up with her advisor, Dr. Frock, Special Agent Pendergast, Lieutinent Vincent D'Agosta, and a host of others to determine what savage beast is creating this damage, and how it can be stopped before it is too late...
I really enjoyed reading "The Relic". There's never a dull moment! If you love a thrilling adventure with a twist of mystery and horror, this is the book for you!
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Summary: Standard Thriller...with Thought
Review: Combine Die Hard and Jurassic Park and you get an idea of what you're in for with Relic. Relic reads like a feature film and its nothing if not fun. Sure, the action is somewhat predictable and the characters are a little shallow but this is pure entertainment. Unlike other novels in the genre, however, Relic is well plotted and researched. This is a must for your list of summer reading.
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Summary: I thought it was rather silly.
Review: Almost like an Ed Wood movie. Super-duper super-sophisticated FBI agent carrying a gun (a full metal jacket .45 five-shot REVOLVER?) that is unloaded - he waits until he is on a public walkway to load it (.45's are automatics); another goofy cop spinning his gun around on the table (sounds like a friend of the doopy cops in Ed Wood's "Plan 9" who used their guns to scratch their heads. All the cops, except of course for super-duper, sound like Ed Norton or something. Hey, if these guys don't even know what street the Museum of Natural History is on, how much can they really know about it? It's between 77th street and 81st streets. It's not on 72nd street. About that bit in the flooded tunnel - why didn't someone just boost someone else up to the ladder? It was a silly story. The only part that interested me was the descriptions of the parts of the museum that are not open to the public, but how much of that description is accurate? 2 1/2 stars.
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Summary: So-So Horror
Review: Preston and Childs fans fall into two camps: those that prefer their earlier horror novels, and those that prefer their action-adventure books. I am in the latter category. The Relic has good atmosphere and some decent action and horror sequences, with a barely plausible monster-on-the-loose plot. The characters are less developed than in the authors' later work, though they are sufficient for material this thin. There's a pretty faithful movie version starring Penelope Ann Miller - a bit simplified - that'll save you the time and trouble, if you just want a quick look to see if this is your cup of tea. Relic and Reliquary are good reads for the juvenile set, or those adults who like Jurassic Park and Alien and aren't too picky about logical problems in the science of their horror-suspense novels. The only real problem with either book is that there's nothing that stands out about them. They're average horror, and if that's what you're looking for, you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: I'd give this book 10 stars if I could
Review: This is one of the most fascinating, spellbinding, interesting, and suspensful books I've ever read. The authors really did their research, and wrote it down in language any layperson could understand. This book was very well thought out and the ending wrapped up everything by answering "how and why" to all your questions. I loved this book!
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Summary: Relic
Review: If you want to read a fascinating thriller that will keep you glued to every page, this is the book for you. I couldn't put it down. Well written and well crafted, the authors' draw you in. You will never look at a museum the same way.
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Summary: A great ending!
Review: I never saw the movie version of this, and I am glad that I didn't, it would've spoiled the ending of this novel. It gets a little slow in places, but the ending surely makes up for it! The subject is very interesting, as the first part of the novel is about the beast being evloved from something ........ read and find out!
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