Seven Deadly Wonders (Jack West Jr, #1) in Aussie Readers

Feb 13, 2014 Kira rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: thriller, paranormal, mystery, aussie-author

My review of 2 stars is very generous. I will preface this review by stating that I enjoyed the Indiana Jones movies when I was growing up. I like fantasy and historical fiction as well as the paranormal. I can easily escape reality when it suits me and that includes unbelievable events in stories. I do not like this book.

I also found too many sections of the book were variations on story lines done before and that one person can not possibly be that invincible. I believe Matthew Reilly has tri ...more

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Mar 14, 2021 Melinda rated it liked it

A re-read...well actually an audiobook listen.

And I have say this story plays out well in audio. (I confess I had to stop reading this authors books because the excessive use of italics and the other punctuation marks drove me batty). So for me, the audiobook works well.

So how to describe listening to this book.

if you can imagine watching an action movie with a blindfold on. (Eg: cross Indiana Jones with Last action Hero), written by a very excited young 15 year old Clive Cussler, who you can ...more

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Jan 05, 2015 Dee-Ann rated it really liked it

Shelves: library-book, movie-material, australian-authors, action-adventure

I was going to give this 3 stars, as the concept of destroying all those historical sites was offensive, even though it is only fiction. The language is a bit simplistic. But I found I got hooked into the adventure and enjoyed the conspiracy theory. It would make a movie that I am sure all the male folk in my family would like.

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