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Title: The Codex by Douglas Preston, Scott Sowers ISBN: 1-59397-362-4 Publisher: Audio Renaissance Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 5 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.58 (43 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Fun read
Comment: I enjoyed this more than I did the recent Preston/Child collobaration 'Still Life with Crows'. In fact, it's the first thriller I've actually finished in recent months. Like another reviewer pointed out earlier, all these authors -- Matt Reilly, James Rollins, Steven Alten, Child/Preston -- are all blending together. If memory serves, the cover of this book and the hardcover of Reilly's 'Temple' are almost identical. I honestly couldn't even finish 'Temple' or Rollin's 'Amazonia' -- those authors always write outlandishly ridiculous stories and stupid characters that yank me out of the book from the very beginning.
Preston fares better here. That's not to say this storyline is exactly believeable or the characters dynamite, because they're not. However, it is FUN and I think the central concept is very imaginative and had me hooked. Unlike Rollins or Reilly, Preston doesn't blow a good idea with poor execution and I happily read this way past midnight. I can't imagine fans of Preston/Childs not enjoying this.
That said, I do hope this spells the end of Crichtonesque books about adventure in South/Central America chasing some priceless Aztec/Mayan/and or Incan ruin. I'll give kudos to Preston for doing it with more imagination and originality than most, but it's time to find some new terriroty.
Rating: 3
Summary: At least I'm encouraged about my own writing...
Comment: Like other reviewers, I, too, am a huge fan of the Lincoln-Child collaboration (or, as they are known overseas, the individual Preston Child). I have thoroughly enjoyed all of their books, even the less-than-stellar "Still Life With Crows," mostly because these guys are such masters of atmosphere. Last year, I hungrily bought "Utopia," anticipating it to be another Preston-Child book until the next Preston-Child book arrived. Sadly, I found it lacking the great touches that made all the previous team books so fun- suspense, foreshadowing, creepy settings, etc. What I found instead was a "Die Hard" rehash with cardboard cutout characters and no compulsion to actually finish the novel, which I did, not without a certain sense of accomplishment. My thought was, (and my apologies to Mr. Child) "Now we know who the REAL writer of the team is!" So, with a silly grin, I dove into "The Codex" and was happily rewarded for my insight-- for about a hundred pages. It didn't take long, though, for my enthusiasm to wane as I met the same kind of cardboard characters and repetitive phrases. (Has anyone else noticed that these guys always have a favorite phrase that keeps getting repeated in their books? In RIPTIDE it was "a shocking glimpse of thigh..." , in THE CODEX everything is "the color of rich mahogany..." Just a thought.)
But, I kept going, and going, and going... Maybe I was MEANT to be as tired of reading about the discomforts of jungle trudging as the characters in the book were supposed to be. I UNDERSTAND that there are biting, stinging insects in the jungle. I don't need to read it on 80 of 100 pages. The most irritating moment, though, came when Sally (how's THAT for a great name?)is relaxing in a hammock reading-- that's right-- UTOPIA. Tom asks her if it's a good book, and she replies that it's a GREAT book! Not only is that a blatant exaggeration, but that little bit of literary nepotism merly succeeded in yanking me right out of whatever little bit of immersion in the fictional world I had actually allowed myself to enter. (By the way, I feel the same about Clive Cussler's self-indulgent little "cameos" in the Dirk Pitt novels.)
Okay, 'nuff said. Let's just say that in comparison to the Preston-Child novels I was embarrassed at my own attepmts at a novel. Now I think I'll work on it some more. I mean, if "The Codex" can be published...
Rating: 4
Summary: ENJOYABLE
Comment: I listened to the Audio CD version of this book and it was abridged. Therefore, I did not know about the "sex scene" between Tom and Sally until I read one of the reviews here. Nor do I now know what happened with respect to the pharmaceutical CEO who was hoping to buy the Codex from Hauser. The CD version never discussed it after the scene between Hauser and the CEO when the CEO agreed to buy the Codex. Can someone fill me in on what I missed? Thanks.
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Title: Death Match : A Novel (CHILD, LINCOLN) by LINCOLN CHILD ISBN: 0385506708 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 04 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Brimstone by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child ISBN: 044653143X Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 03 August, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Scarecrow by Matthew Reilly ISBN: 0312289588 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Deep Fire Rising by Jack Du Brul, Jack Dubrul ISBN: 0451411188 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: 02 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Sandstorm by James Rollins ISBN: 0060580666 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 29 June, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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