Pinkdoom's review
Relic
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Pinkdoom's review
Relic by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Pinkdoom's review
rating:
bookshelves:
read-enjoyed
recommended for: those who don't mind a few too many details in an otherwise stellar novel
Relic was my first journey into the world that involves Special Agent Pendergast, and although he plays only a side-role in this novel, the novels that follow after, especially Still Life With Crows allow this amazing character to take a place center stage. And while Preston/Child's other characters are just as much fun, there is something all together wonderfully creepy and amazing about Pendergast, and he's the main reason why I continue to read these novels. The order they should be read in follows as such:
1. Relic
2. Reliquary
3. Cabinet of Curiosities
4. Still Life with Crows
5. Brimstone
6. Dance of Death
7. Book of the Dead *most recently published*
8. Wheel of Darkness *forthcoming*
I have enjoyed each novel, but my favorite is probably Still Life with Crows, followed closely by Cabinet of Curiosities. The authors take great pains to add rich details and lush descriptions of so many things, that readers with less than an adequate amount of ...more
1. Relic
2. Reliquary
3. Cabinet of Curiosities
4. Still Life with Crows
5. Brimstone
6. Dance of Death
7. Book of the Dead *most recently published*
8. Wheel of Darkness *forthcoming*
I have enjoyed each novel, but my favorite is probably Still Life with Crows, followed closely by Cabinet of Curiosities. The authors take great pains to add rich details and lush descriptions of so many things, that readers with less than an adequate amount of ...more
