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Another terrific Reilly read.

Reviewed in Australia on 19 June 2016

Not surprisingly, with Reilly at the helm, this was a cracking good read.
Tons of action, some great lateral thinking by Scarecrow against a very unexpected foe.
I now remember why I re-read a Matthew Reilly book when I need something unusual with the tension and suspense ratcheted up to extreme levels.
Better than a gym visit for a cardio workout and much more satisfying.
I'm off to re-read Seven Ancient Wonders. I need more exercise!

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Paul Gilmour

Unfortunately I read some reviews before I got into what ...

Reviewed in Australia on 21 September 2014

Unfortunately I read some reviews before I got into what ruined the whole story...why the f do people tell you what happens in reviews...idiots

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dhills90

Not read yet

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 April 2019

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this is a very good writer as I have read previous books

Andrew Ritchie

I do not review books.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 January 2019

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Wouldn't bother with this book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 April 2017

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Really not very good. Fast paced but quite unbelievable.
A holiday read at best. Don't recommend at all. Sorry Mr Reilly

claire Garner

One Star

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 November 2014

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Did not expect a quick read, thought I had ordered a proper book

max the cat

Do not buy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 April 2013

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I have read other books by this author and enjoyed but htis was absolute rubbish. do not waste your money If it is offered free that is too much to pay

Welsh guy in NL

So bad it's almost good.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 March 2011

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I have read a number of Matthew Reilly's novels, and to be honest, after 'Ice Station', which I really enjoyed, they all went downhill, fast, very very fast, especially those that did not follow the exploits of 'the Scarecrow'.

I purchased this for my Kindle in the hope that the author would be back to his previous better form, alas I was sorely mistaken.

Unfortunately this novella doesn't buck the downward trend. The plot, and I use the term loosely, is paper thin and frankly, ridiculous. It's a mystery to me how this got past the publishers front door, all the usual suspects are present, rival special forces teams, a mysteriously abandoned warship (a Nimitz class carrier for goodness sake!), a secret island with a WW2 Japanese base that the hero, Scarecrow, happens to know about because his grandfather helped capture it, a classified government experiment, shady scientists, equally shady military men, and to top all of this, specially trained, cloned gorillas under micro-chip control, with guns.

The good points are:
1) It's cheap.
2) It only takes around an hour to read it through.

The downside is, you'll never get those 60 odd minutes back.

It is quite weird, in that once you start reading, it is very compulsive, even thought you know this is a bad book, it's sort of like that quick junk-food fix that you crave every so often, but leaves you feeling guilty after.

Unless you are a die hard Reilly / Scarecrow fan - avoid.

I don't know if this was written for adults or intended for children / young adults either way, it is a very poor effort.

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Rufus13

Too Short

Reviewed in the United States on 4 February 2021

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I didn't realize that novels selling for this price even came this short. Weird.

Steve A. Watts

Short

Reviewed in the United States on 20 May 2011

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This is not a review of the content of the story, but, instead, on its brevity. Nowhere in the Amazon description is it mentioned that this is a long short story. Large type with 10 lines fewer per page that other paperbacks, 29 pages of pictures, diagrams or just blank. The whole "book" starts out as 123 numbered pages but actually is about 50-60 real pages of normal sized text. This is gross misrepresentation. Elsewhere, other websites, it is honestly described as a "novella." If you want to order a "novella" for the same price as a 500 page book, fine, but you should say be warned.

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cody

One Star

Reviewed in the United States on 28 January 2015

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Sells for the price of authors other great novels but it is only 80 pages

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J Hodges

You've got to be kidding!

Reviewed in the United States on 2 October 2010

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I have really enjoyed all of your books, but this time I was expecting a book and instead I recieved a small unimpressive little leaflet! Very, very disapointing to say the least.Better luck next time, hopefully.

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