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Twenty years ago Katherine Neville's groundbreaking thriller THE EIGHT was a global bestseller -- a thriller in the style of THE DA VINCI CODE way before Dan Brown ever got there ...
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2 primary booksThe Eight is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1988 with contributions by Katherine Neville.
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Empezaré diciendo que terminé de leer [b:The Eight 113310 The Eight (The Eight #1) Katherine Neville https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1388263286s/113310.jpg 268923] a pura fuerza de voluntad porque me pareció que la escritora alargó demasiado la historia y que por eso se había vuelto pesada. Pero le di crédito por crear misterio y drama.
Pese a ese antecedente, compré el libro porque quería saber el verdadero final de la historia. Sin embargo, con esta secuela me he convencido de que no volveré a leer más los libros de esta autora. La historia de Solarin y Cat se repite con su hija... en muchas maneras. La narración es confusa y parece como que las palabras salieran disparadas sin sentido y como que ha querido poner demasiada información en poco espacio. He tenido que pasarme varias hojas para seguir la historia pero al final, me he rendido y no he conseguido terminarlo (cosa que raramente me ocurre porque siempre termino lo que leo).
Ha sido un gasto de tiempo y dinero el leer este libro. Espero que otros encuentren este libro mucho más entretenido que yo.
I've seen several reviews that say the novel started strong, and then lost steam in the middle. I disagree. I feel like this novel was a convoluted mess from the very beginning. “Mystery” characters that weren't very mysterious, “secret” conversations that (surprise, surprise) weren't very secret, and an entire secondary plot that was basically abandoned halfway through the book.
It just seems like Neville didn't have enough to say - like she needed a 500 page novel, but she really only had enough story for a 300 page novel, so she just added a bunch of poorly wrought confusion and hoped the reader wouldn't notice. Interestingly, there are places where the novel is genuinely intriguing and even a bit thrilling - it just isn't sustained nearly long enough to be an overall enjoyable reading experience.