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D. A. Hermann

Down the Hill Towards Rock Bottom

Reviewed in the United States on 7 June 2011

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A wide variety of problems plague this book that make it clearly and noticeably inferior to the rest of the series. Old characters and new alike have zero depth and borrow heavily from previously written subplots or scenes. The mystery is easily solved immediately after meeting the antagonist but makes no sense at all. I wonder if Preston and Child already knew this, however, because they must have known something was wrong after writing the following line:

"Dude, did you just blast the butt-trumpet?"

Pardon me, but I need to remove Fever Dream from my wish list.

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jmchale1959

Speaking of zombies....

Reviewed in the United States on 29 January 2016

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....I think Preston and Child may have mindlessly lurched through this one. It's painfully bad. Sparse plot, shallow
characterizations. If you, like me, was expecting quality akin to "The Cabinet of Curiosities", or " Still Life With Crows",
you have my condolences. Even Pendergast seems to simply go through the motions, like an actor who knows he's
in a throwaway film. It's a shame. The premise was solid. They could have made this work. Instead we get a tired,
implausible zombie trope, with the "intelligent people don't believe in vodoo" dead horse drug out and beaten
one more time. No, intelligent people obviously gape at the purple, bloated, slobbering, corpse of their loved one,
and think "He's alive!". Which brings us to poor Bill Smith back, done away with apparently as a stunt to stir up
interest in this disappointing pot-boiler. Lincoln and Child should be prosecuted for that.

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I very much enjoy the character of Agent Pendergast

Reviewed in the United States on 9 August 2017

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I've read all 16 of Preston and Child's Agent Pendergast novels. Some I read out-of-order. I very much enjoy the character of Agent Pendergast. Out of 16 Pendergast novels, Cemetery Dance is probably their worst novel. The second worst is The Wheel of Darkness. Interesting that both of these novels are at the midpoint of the Pendergast series. Perhaps a little burnout and/or pressure to generate a novel every 1-2 years explains it. After these two novels the series gets back on track.

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Jodie

Not enough Intrigue

Reviewed in the United States on 16 November 2014

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Not as intriguing or educational as others in the series. Further, it provides a need for too much explanation at the end which means there was not enough intrigue to figure it out as one went along.

J. Mckenna

Could Be So Much More... And Should Be.

Reviewed in the United States on 20 May 2009

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I bought this book on preorder because I love the Preston/Child series, even though I have been let down recently with them. This book could have been much better than it turned out to be, and frankly should have been.
The power Douglas and Lincoln have in their creativity lies in creating monsters that are fearsome, terrible, and very believable, and in the end grounded in some kind of scientific fact (or fictional psudofact that works in the plotline). This book really had none of that. To me the storyline plodded along to a very predictable end with little or no real involvement on the part of the central characters.
Pendergast really did nothing but "slip in" and out of chairs, look at things with his silvery eyes, and stash things in his pockets. D'Agosta was angry and frustrated until he was not angry anymore. There was a lack of depth that I did not appreciate. I had been getting a little irritated with the Superman aspect of Pendergast, and maybe the authors were trying to tone that back a bit. If that is the case they did so at the cost of the fullnes of the story.
There is an endpaper in the book written by the duo listing all their collaborative efforts and suggesting the sequence they should be read in (while denying all the while they are doing so). I think it is time for Messers. Preston and Child to divorce themselves from their fan base long enough to put compelling characters in a compelling horror story again. I know they can do it. Both are seasoned and accomplished talents.
It had a few minor frights, but the rest was stock in trade chase scenesm a riot, a clash with a pushy martinet or two, and then it was over.
And hey: no Constance Green.
I am sure to buy the next one because these fellas always have potential. On second thought, perhaps I'll get on the library waiting list and see how they improve.
Better luck for all of us next time.

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Charles R. Anderson

Wierd murder mistery!!!

Reviewed in the United States on 12 June 2009

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It was hard to get through this book because of the Zoobiis, murders every few minutes, bodies disappearing from the morgue, etc. Not my kind of book.

Connie S. Kalada

Strange

Reviewed in the United States on 1 June 2009

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this is just so not his ususal written book. I usually run out to buy anything he writes time it is released. Sorry I bought this one.

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