Rating: Summary: Don't waste your time Review: Touted as a suspense novel with intriquing twists at the end, this book was a complete dissappointent on both counts. By the end I found myself glad the book hadn't been any longer and thereby wasted even more of my time.The book starts off with cheesy, forced dialog between paper-thin characters. Even the word pictures that are drawn leave one with a forced, sixth-grade writing style feeling. Rather than eloquent displays of linguistic ability, we are left with crude attempts at adjective usage that leave you wanting something better. Unfortunately, the something better never shows up. The story itself is, of course, quite contrived. Trying to marry the modern with the ancient mystical just didn't work in this book and came off looking ridiculous rather than eerie. I will say that Mr. Masterson did spin a very believable web about various facets of American Indian mystic beliefs. He either did very good research and presented a lot of great facts to which to attach his story, or he did an even better job of creating an entire mystic menagerie in which to tell this tale. Unfortunately, the story around it just didn't work. I reserve my 1-star ratings for books that are completely horrible on all counts, or pass off outrageous lies as complete truth. This book did have a good mystic system on which to base the story, so for that has avoided my lowest rating. 2-stars, but I'd recommend spending your time with a good novel rather than this.
Rating: Summary: great story Review: Well this story or book i had to read now.\ When the indian god was being reborn on the back of this woman that really was excelent. I read this when i was 14. and i couldn't wait for the revenge of the manitou. which was cool.
Rating: Summary: great story Review: Well this story or book i had to read now.\ When the indian god was being reborn on the back of this woman that really was excelent. I read this when i was 14. and i couldn't wait for the revenge of the manitou. which was cool.
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