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Pros
Good writing and good suspense. An interesting twist with a main character - the bully. A lot of action and suspense. Story moves speedily to a satisfying conclusion.
Just the right amount of description woven in without becoming cumbersome. Not complicated. Perfect for a lazy afternoon of reading.
A lively romp through an underground world. Reminiscent of jules verne's journey to the center of the earth. More action and subterranean monstrosities.
Three brothers set about to explore a cavern in search of treasure. At the mouth of the cave they encounter the last two (accidental) members of their expedition, a shepherd (stefan) and his dog who end up tagging along for no truly good reason and ge... Read More
William meikle excels in his action/adventure and “big toothy monsters” plotlines. This was a fascinating book i look forward to the sequel.
Cons
Characters are shallow and creatures are boring.
Highlights
Quality
The author has definitely penned a wonderful new fairy tale that belongs with the classics!
Sometimes in a story characters have an endearing quality and these did.
At the mouth of the cave in austria they encounter the last two (accidental) members of their expedition, a shepherd (stefan) a... Read More
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This was a wonderfully fast paced story that was a pleasure to read.
Good story line and a very fast read.
Competitiveness
The expedition consists of his know-it-all brother (tommy) and a retired soldier with serious experience of combat and crisis (danny).
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- This product had a total of 648 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 7 2023.
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The expectation is that tommy will lock horns with danny throughout the book constantly endangering all of their lives when they find dinosaurs in a cave in austria
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The only thing that never really worked for me was the character stefan
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He decides to go along too readily and he never really is upset by anything that happens
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I kept expecting him to be revealed as a descendant of the original teutonic knights sworn to protect their hoard of hidden treasures
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The fact that he wasn’t struck me as a lost opportunity
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Ed had carefully researched the twopage map he found in an old manuscript and is sure something has been buried where they are heading but thomas is merely interested in the fame and glory
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I struggled a little to discover exactly which historical time period or perhaps some “close but alternate” style of reality this was set in as that aspect of the story was kept rather vague
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It certainly isn’t a modern in the sense there were no cell phones or gps and i’m leaning towards somewhere victorianish as their headlamps were from encased flame rather than battery powered
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