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My only gripe is the author got a couple of easily-checkable facts wrong. He mentions Cage's Con Air character having a son, but it's his daughter he's hoping to meet. And the author calls Gone in Sixty Seconds an “R-rated” feature but that movie is PG-13. So it makes me wonder what else he got wrong. Still a fun read and made me want to have a Nicolas Cage marathon!
If it were a film, it certainly wouldn???t pass the Bechdel test. Some of the writing is a bit cringe worthy but overall it wasn???t a terrible Star Trek yarn.
One of the better Star Trek books I???ve read. I loved that it???s a bridge between Star Trek VI and Generations. I think I???d like to read more from Christie Golden.
While I do find it hard to believe that kids in 2044 would find movies, tv shows, music and games from the 80's so unbelievably awesome, I really got swept up in this story with these characters and could not put this book down. I'm very curious to see how Spielberg's movie turns out.
Incredible. Such massive depth and history to the story. Each character is so well developed. I had a hard time putting it down during the final 200 pages. Very curious to see what happens next.
I think I actually enjoyed this one the most out of the three. Montolio was a great character.
Really enjoyed all three of these stories. It helps that the audio book narrators (Jeff Daniels, Ethan Hawke and January LaVoy) were all really good.
The first half suffers from the same problem The Whistler did, which is that it???s fairly repetitive, but the final third is strong.
Yikes. I had a hard time getting thru this book. And, honestly, if it hadn???t been a King book, I would have given up. I found it tedious and boring, which is a shame because I usually love Stephen King???s writing. My mind wandered often and because of that, I often found myself confused. Perhaps I will give this book another chance in the future (a lot of folks on here seem to love it), but I think it???ll be a long, long time before I do.
I subscribe to Hard Case Crime???s newsletter and was offered a free copy of the book on the condition that, if I liked it, I???d tell my friends. Well, I certainly liked it and I will be telling my friends. It???s one of the best thriller/mysteries I???ve read in a while. I???m going to be keeping an eye out for future James Kestrel books and I???m going to pre-order this one for my dad for his birthday. Do yourself a favor and check it out.
I???m embarrassed by how long it took me to read this book but dang, was it good. Highly recommend.
I have long been a fan of Ethan Hawke The Actor (and screenwriter) and have wondered how Ethan Hawke The Novelist fared. This is the first of his novels I???ve read and I loved it. I can understand completely why some people won???t like this book (I saw one review on here refer to is as ???the plight of the wealthy, white male???) and that???s fair but I was hooked after the very first sentence. As an ex-aspiring actor, I love stories about actors and this one made me want to audition for a play tomorrow. Hawke is a fantastic storyteller and just as he makes me jealous of his acting talent, I???m now jealous of his writing talent.
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This was mostly an enjoyable read. Up until about the halfway point I found it to be fairly straight forward. The only real mystery I wanted answered was how the people who abducted Rachel didn???t leave any footprints. Once the time travel element was introduced I was more intrigued although I thought the characters all accepted this theory a little too quickly. And now that I think about it, how did Rachel leave any footprints when she exited the cave? When Ricky and Jordan travel thru time, they???re already in the past when they exit the cave. And I assume Rachel walked out of the cave, dropped the phone off and then back in the cave, to go to the past? We are told that using the portal uses its limited amount of energy, making it possible to close the portal forever. But once this is described, it???s never really a factor again.
Overall, it wasn???t a bad book but I feel like it could have been fleshed out more. Some things are a bit too convenient, like Chet just letting Ricky, Jordan and Dr. Errington leave the cave on their own. I would think he???d want to escort them back to make sure they don???t try exactly what they end up trying. Also, I read this on Kindle Unlimited and there were typos/grammatical errors in just about every chapter.
Not quite as good as the first Fletch book but still very enjoyable. Flynn was a fun character and I know he has his own series of books. I look forward to reading them.
Also, this book has one of the BEST opening chapters I???ve ever read.
I may have a new author to add to my list of favorites. Holy smokes this was a good book.
Wanted to give this 2.5 stars but forgot Goodreads doesn???t do half stars. Not a terrible book but also not super interesting. Repetitive at times.
For 90% of this book, I thought it was entertaining but nothing special. Then the last 10% completely wowed me. Definitely recommend.
I was anticipating a bit more in regards to Child's approach to novel writing but there just isn't much to his method. He just makes it up as he goes, which I find fascinating and frustrating all at the same time. Since he doesn't do any pre-planning or outlining, the author has to write more than “Lee Child sat at his desk and wrote” so he goes off on tangents and analyzes the style of writing. It's an interesting book and I'd like to read another following a different author.
I've only read 9 Reacher books (including this one) but Make Me has to be in my top 3 favorite. Very enjoyable.
Not bad. Certain characters act differently than they should but you have to remember when it was written.
