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The Seven Ancient Wonders: A Jack West Jr Novel 1 (Jack West Jr.)

The Seven Ancient Wonders: A Jack West Jr Novel 1 (Jack West Jr.)

byMatthew Reilly
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Jean Seifert
4.0 out of 5 starsThe Missions
Reviewed in Australia on 13 October 2018
Another action packed story divided into seven missions to collect the pieces of gold capstone for the great pyramid of Giza, as foretold in hieroglyphic inscription, at a set time and place in alignment with the sun.
As always about power – Europe v American and the Church v Freemasons and West for the Australians! GO AUSSIES!
This man has an amazing imagination along with lots of research on the latest array of mean machines and ancient civilizations making his stories exciting, yet with the sensitivity of friendship and loyalty to his fellow comrades.
West is charged with raising ‘Lily the oracle’ while locating pieces of capstone and lastly performing a ritual.
Quote ‘Cower in fear, cry in despair wretched mortals’ describes this tale well. I marvelled at the enormous achievements of past civilisations that built the wonders of the past, doesn’t say much for we idiots who live today and cannot even build a house properly let along a gothic church.
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Suse
1.0 out of 5 starsIs this supposed to be a comedy?
Reviewed in Australia on 1 March 2019
Not sure what this book was meant to be - I am an avid reader of fantasy books but for me the fantasy has to be convincing, magical and believable all at once. This book was none of those things.... I love make believe, but truly this story was so ridiculous it made me wonder if it was meant to be comedic. It didn't make me laugh though. It seems a lame attempt to copy the Indiana Jones stories and I am sorry but it left me cold and I have no desire to read any more of these novels - life is too short to waste my time.
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Jean Seifert
4.0 out of 5 stars The Missions
Reviewed in Australia on 13 October 2018
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Another action packed story divided into seven missions to collect the pieces of gold capstone for the great pyramid of Giza, as foretold in hieroglyphic inscription, at a set time and place in alignment with the sun.
As always about power – Europe v American and the Church v Freemasons and West for the Australians! GO AUSSIES!
This man has an amazing imagination along with lots of research on the latest array of mean machines and ancient civilizations making his stories exciting, yet with the sensitivity of friendship and loyalty to his fellow comrades.
West is charged with raising ‘Lily the oracle’ while locating pieces of capstone and lastly performing a ritual.
Quote ‘Cower in fear, cry in despair wretched mortals’ describes this tale well. I marvelled at the enormous achievements of past civilisations that built the wonders of the past, doesn’t say much for we idiots who live today and cannot even build a house properly let along a gothic church.
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BruceMc
4.0 out of 5 stars Jack West Jr is an adventurer - a bit like Robert Langdon meets Indiana Jones
Reviewed in Australia on 17 May 2018
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Jack West Jr is an adventurer - a bit like Robert Langdon meets Indiana Jones. He and his team are in a race to find pieces of an ancient artifact that could save the world or enslave it for 1,000 years. Like Robert Langdon in Dan Brown’s novels, the team is guided by ancient texts that only one of the team can read. And like Indiana Jones, they face many difficulties layered with traps and dangerous competitors.

In my opinion, this book is a great read with almost non-stop action. What spoils it is the pseudo-science, pseudo-religion, and pseudo-archaeology. But I felt that the pace of the action masked a lot of the fakery. I gave it 4 stars out of 5.
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Anne Clissold
5.0 out of 5 stars I was unsure about this novel as I am a fan of his previous hero Scarecrow.
Reviewed in Australia on 26 January 2019
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I have to admit to really enjoying Matthew Reilly's novels and I quickly became a big fan of the hero Scarecrow , so I was unsure about getting into a new hero, Jack West JR, but as usual his writing had me hooked from the very first pages of this book, I found the writing fast paced, and also very educational and now I am going to get the second novel in this series, maybe I am biased, because I love his writing style but this novel comes highly recommended and I can't wait to start the next one. Thank you Matthew Reilly for your books that keep me awake as I can't put them down :)
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Suse
1.0 out of 5 stars Is this supposed to be a comedy?
Reviewed in Australia on 1 March 2019
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Not sure what this book was meant to be - I am an avid reader of fantasy books but for me the fantasy has to be convincing, magical and believable all at once. This book was none of those things.... I love make believe, but truly this story was so ridiculous it made me wonder if it was meant to be comedic. It didn't make me laugh though. It seems a lame attempt to copy the Indiana Jones stories and I am sorry but it left me cold and I have no desire to read any more of these novels - life is too short to waste my time.
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David Sloan
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book Series
Reviewed in Australia on 4 February 2019
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The first of the Jack West Jr series introduces us to Jack and his team in their quests to save the earth again, and again, and again. Once you start listening (or reading the book) you can't stop. Lots of cliff hangers in the story. Very enjoyable, but not recommended for kids due to the swearing.
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Melanie Cook
5.0 out of 5 stars Non stop wonder.
Reviewed in Australia on 8 June 2016
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I loved this book the first time I read it, and I just loved it again. So exciting, and so vividly descriptive. Not sure if I'd actually like the characters if I actually met them, but they're great friends to read about. I'm re-redoing the 7,6,5 books in preparations for the 4 coming out (Finally!!) later this year.
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Liam Frederick Ennis
3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining Read, but just Average
Reviewed in Australia on 20 December 2017
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I enjoyed it, it wasn’t my favourite Matthew Reilly book to date as I did find the action scenes a little repetitive.
I got to a point where I felt it was a struggle to read through. It's too predictable.

Overall it’s a good entertaining read, not get me wrong, he is a great writer, but I'd go to his other books if you are reading this.

LFE.
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Peter C
5.0 out of 5 stars Remember it is Fiction
Reviewed in Australia on 29 December 2019
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I am a true fan of Matthew Riley’s novels. I have hard copies of each of them. The 7 Ancient Wonders is an intriguing fictional novel that starts the reader on a countdown. You need to continue reading the Jack West series - it is different to Scarecrow(which by the way I enjoy immensely).
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Chuck55
1.0 out of 5 stars Amateurish and Predictable
Reviewed in Australia on 23 August 2020
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A cheap novel that requires no grey matter.
Spoiler alert: What force or being aimed the magic beam from the sun to the pyramid? It's a serious skill set! I must have been sleep reading if that was ever explained.
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TmC
4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
Reviewed in Australia on 3 April 2017
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A marvellous action filled rollercoaster ride right until the end, but be careful sometimes you leave the rails.
Goodies Vs baddies in glorious black and white.
And I love the last two lines.
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