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Seven Deadly Wonders (Jack West Jr, #1)

Matthew Reilly

Start date: December 1, 2011

Finish date: December 31, 2011

Discussion: Group Reads

Discussion leader: Danielle The Book Huntress

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Oct 22, 2011 Mike (the Paladin) rated it did not like it

Shelves: didn-t-finish

OH - GOOD - GRIEF.

That's all I can say here. I started out with an open mind, I was looking forward to this book, I like action adventure and I'll forgive a lot if the book has a good action feel. Also, I'm a fantasy fan so I'm practiced at "suspending disbelief", I'll swallow a lot with a shrug and an "oh well" if it makes a good story.

This time...it didn't.

I've never read anything by Mr. Reilly before. Here he seems to have taken a page from Bullwinkle J. Moose's book. He combined Peabody's Im ...more

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Dec 01, 2008 Danielle The Book Huntress rated it really liked it

Shelves: favorite-or-autobuy-author, 2012-sky-s-the-limit-club, soldier-or-military, action-adventure, owned-copy, nerd-prof-scientist-genius-geek, favorites, hero-to-die-for, yearly-reading-challenge, treasure-hunt

Seven Deadly Wonders introduces a new character by Matthew Reilly to me, Jack West Jr. It's very hard to follow in the footsteps of Shane 'Scarecrow' Schofield, because, well, he's the man! But I have to say I really do like Jack. What's not to like about him? He's a fun character. Honorable, intelligent, athletic, dedicated, daring, and lethal to the bad guys. And being a girl who grew up on Indiana Jones, and wanted to be her own version of the adventurer, Jack has an Indiana Jones in a modern ...more

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Feb 19, 2014 Scott rated it liked it · review of another edition

I gave it 3 stars but it is probably more like 2-1/2. The story had a good plot but the writing was really subpar. There was very little to no descriptions throughout the book.

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Jun 25, 2009 Alice rated it really liked it

Shelves: personal-library, good-to-go, part-of-series, clue, 2017-reads

Three and a half stars really. Loved some of the imagery of Wonders that no one has seen- especially the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

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Oct 11, 2011 Lianne Burwell rated it it was ok

Shelves: thriller

Sigh. This book had so much potential as a rollercoaster ride, but the author doesn't seem to trust his own work to be exciting.

Jack West Jr is the leader of a team of international (from non-superpower countries) to cut off the lead European countries and the US who are competing in a mystical race that would put the winner in charge of the world for a thousand years. A little ludicrous (for example, a tracking device was implanted in a character five years before any of the events in the book ...more

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Nov 25, 2011 Lee rated it really liked it

Shelves: action-adventure

A comment I saw on Reilly, like reading something from the old Batman TV show. *Bam*...*Whap*...*Boom*....
His first in the Jack West Jr. series, is outrageous, unbeleivable (how did he/they survive that?) but, non-stop action. And, with his historical settings, myths, ledgends make for en enjoyable romp.

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Sep 13, 2011 Stephanie rated it liked it

It was not the most terrible thing in the world, but it was a lot like listening to someone read you a rough draft of a movie script. A bad movie script staring Jean Claude Van Damme as Indiana Jones/Jack Ryan, but with the cadence of William Shatner.

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Feb 19, 2008 Kristin Lundgren rated it it was amazing

Enjoyed it - It's typical Reilly - lots of exclamations, and frenzied action, but I enjoy his diagrams - they really help you figure out who is where. ...more

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