June 2018-CREATURE FEATURE READ-The Relic

[Tyler]

I finished it! :D

I gave it 4 stars. I see why you thought of Michi Lena, when Pendergast mentioned his wife.

That ending has me definitely wanting to continue on with the series.

[Melanie]

Stephanie wrote: "I finished it! :D

I gave it 4 stars. I see why you thought of Michi Lena, when Pendergast mentioned his wife.

That ending has me definitely wanting to continue on with the series."

I enjoyed it too, and I'll possibly continue with it (along with the rest of my TBR) but I did have a bit of a problem with the lack of female characters in the book, fortunately the movie rectifies this with Linda Hunt replacing one of the characters.

[Josen]

Stephanie wrote: "I finished it! :D

I gave it 4 stars. I see why you thought of Michi Lena, when Pendergast mentioned his wife.

That ending has me definitely wanting to continue on with the series."

I was in the middle of reading the 2nd book, , when the group picked this for the read. I thought Relic was great! And the second one is just as good. I love Pendergrast and want to continue this series. I think there's 17 books so far?

[Marie]

When I want to picture it in my mind I see a dinosaur with fur and it reminds me of the raptors in the Jurassic Park movies where they could open doors. I remember that I saw the movie a long time ago, but it didn't leave that much of impression on me as I always thought the book was better.

(view spoiler)[I think the movie had a lot of dark scenes when the creature appeared on the scene then with everyone shooting at it made it harder to see what was going really going on. (hide spoiler)]

[Tyler]

Josen wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "I finished it! :D

I gave it 4 stars. I see why you thought of Michi Lena, when Pendergast mentioned his wife.

That ending has me definitely wanting to continue on with the serie..."

Yeah I saw that last night when I added the next book to my TBR on here. Quite a long series! If I continue to enjoy the books though it'll be a fun time :)

Melanie wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "I finished it! :D

I gave it 4 stars. I see why you thought of Michi Lena, when Pendergast mentioned his wife.

That ending has me definitely wanting to continue on with the serie..."

Yeah, and one of the female characters was completely useless. I liked Margo though.

[Marie]

I finished the book and will be continuing on with the series. :)

[Kimberly]

Marie wrote: "I finished the book and will be continuing on with the series. :)"
There are some great stand-alone books with Pendergast in them, as well as a few "trilogies"!!! Can't wait to see which are your favorites.

[Hectaizani]

I'd completely forgotten how self-absorbed and useless Coffey was. What a jackass! I'm sorry he didn't end up being a victim.

Loved Frock, Margo was great, Pendergast is fantastic as always. I'd also forgotten how unassuming he is even though he's such a badass.

I can't remember why I read five or six books in the series and then stopped. I'm definitely going to reread and then catch up on the rest. I've got about 10 things on my list before I can start Reliquary though.

[Kimberly]

Hectaizani wrote: "I'd completely forgotten how self-absorbed and useless Coffey was. What a jackass! I'm sorry he didn't end up being a victim.

Loved Frock, Margo was great, Pendergast is fantastic as always. I'd a..."
In my humble opinion, Reliquary wasn't nearly as "great" as the Relic, but Pendergast is fantastic as always. :)

[Tyler]

I loved Margo, Frock and Pendergast too :) Hopefully more fun with them ahead!

[sonya]

I loved relic when I read it years ago

[Alan]

The series and the characters, for the most part, just get better and better. Personally, I thought Reliquary was even better than Relic.

[Maria Hill]

I am glad I read it but won't be carrying on with other books in the Pendergast series. It was a little too formulaic for me and not enough characterisation, foreshadowing etc etc.

When it came out it would have been perfect for me but tastes change.

But never mind sooo many books on my TBR so not adding any more is a good thing :)

Glad everyone else liked it.

[April]

I am about 80% complete, and although Pendergast is a good detective, I don't think I like him as a character. The book is definitely better than the movie. I think I may continue with book 2 to see if Pendergast changes as a character or to see if he changes my mind.

[Jamie]

I loved this book and will absolutely be continuing on in the series. The mixture of adventure/horror with biology/science is my favorite trope.

Regarding the epilogue: (view spoiler)[ When he revealed that the creature used to be that guy my mouth hung open for a full minute. I was starting to get annoyed at all the human attributes given to the animal but after that reveal, it made much more sense. Also really sad. (hide spoiler)]

I really liked Frock, Margo and Pendergast as well. I especially was happy that (view spoiler)[ the author didn't feel the need to shoehorn an unnecessary romance in there. It's important to see female and male characters interacting without it turning into romance or sex like it does in so many of these stories. (hide spoiler)]

[Alan]

Jamie, you'll be happy to know that Preston and Child never bog the story down with a lot of your spoiler throughout the series.

[Felina]

Melanie wrote: "Felina wrote: "I am loving this book! I haven't read a book in a while. I guess a major reading slump but I'm sucked into this one.

Did someone mention there is a movie?!"

Oh yeah. I think we're..."

Awesome! Count me in!

[Felina]

I'm almost done with this. I'll definitely finish it today but hopefully during my lunch break which is now. I've already placed the second Pendergast book on hold at the library. I have to take my son there this evening to return his books so hopefully they get it ready to quickly so I can just grab it tonight. *fingers crossed*

[Lena]

WARNING!!!
This series is addicting. I read Book One here earlier this month and I’m currently on Book Six.

[Hectaizani]

Lena wrote: "WARNING!!!
This series is addicting. I read Book One here earlier this month and I’m currently on Book Six."

Oh noes! Thanks for the warning!! :-)

[Tyler]

Lena wrote: "WARNING!!!
This series is addicting. I read Book One here earlier this month and I’m currently on Book Six."

Lol, thanks for the warning! I definitely plan on continuing with it!

[isanythingopen]

April wrote: "I am about 80% complete, and although Pendergast is a good detective, I don't think I like him as a character. The book is definitely better than the movie. I think I may continue with book 2 to se..."

I thought Pendergast came across a bit irritating and smug.
Not the most likeable guy.

[Kimberly]

isanythingopen wrote: "April wrote: "I am about 80% complete, and although Pendergast is a good detective, I don't think I like him as a character. The book is definitely better than the movie. I think I may continue wit..."

He grows on you... ;)

[Josen]

Kimberly wrote: "isanythingopen wrote: "April wrote: "I am about 80% complete, and although Pendergast is a good detective, I don't think I like him as a character. The book is definitely better than the movie. I t..."

Yup I agree, although I've only read up to the second book. Lol! Actually I liked him from the beginning. :)

[isanythingopen]

Kimberly wrote: "isanythingopen wrote: "April wrote: "I am about 80% complete, and although Pendergast is a good detective, I don't think I like him as a character. The book is definitely better than the movie. I t...

He grows on you... ;) "

In a 'Can I slap you now' sort of way? LOL
I have started book 2, so we'll see.

eta: Maybe Coffey will show up and I'll get my unfullfilled wish from book 1.

[Lisa]

Starting Ch 52. I am loving this book, and I'm grateful to the group for picking it. This isn't a story I'd typically pick up, and I'm so pleasantly surprised by it. And, yes, Pendergast rules. I really like many of the characters - DAgosta, Margo, Frock, Smithback. I love the scientific elements, the museum setting, the staff banding together. Good stuff.

[April]

isanythingopen

I really enjoyed this book and the fact that it took place in a museum. I wasn't too sure about Pendergast and I even commented earlier that I probably won't read any more books with him in them, BUT I think after completing this one, I will read another one. You were right, he does grow on you

[Beth]

I love the Pendergast character. Keep reading until you get to the character Constance. I love her even more.

[Katy]

April wrote: "isanythingopen

I really enjoyed this book and the fact that it took place in a museum. I wasn't too sure about Pendergast and I even commented earlier that I probably won't read any more books wit..."

Prendergast does grow on you, and he is in other books. But it is weird that he wasn't in the movie.

I still love that this was set in a museum. Such a fun place for a horror story, or other kinds of stories, to be set.

[Melanie]

Is everyone who's finished still up for the movie this weekend? I've already pre-warned my darling non-horror fan husband he'll be sitting through it with me, after all, I've had to sit through Peaky Blinders all week! (Not that Cillian Murphy was hard on the eyes though...)

[Tyler]

i'm still up for the movie this weekend :)

[Lena]

Let’s try and get as many of us to watch at the same time!

[Jamie]

I'm leaving for vacation tomorrow so I watched it last night! Entertaining flick but the book is obviously way better.

[Tyler]

well due to my messed up sleeping schedule right now I just watched the movie.

I agree with Jamie that the book was better but I did still really enjoy the movie.

(view spoiler)[Frock!! Why'd they have to kill him? T.T (hide spoiler)]

Loved Margo and Frock! Loved the graphics and seeing the monster. I don't know what I was expecting but it wasn't that, thought it looked great though! (view spoiler)[So sad how it used to be John though, which of course I already knew from the book but don't want to accidentally spoil someone (hide spoiler)]

Also i'm home alone and it's night-time. I have no respect for my mental health or sleep.

Over-all though I did really enjoy it :)

[Lisa]

Just finished the movie! A decent romp, but lots of corners cut, of course. Fun to see the Field Museum as the location after many visits there. The creature looked different than my mental picture, much more insect-like. Felt strange to be missing Pendergast.

[Melanie]

I watched it Friday night with my darling patient husband, it was just as much fun as I remember and I was surprised how well the CG held up after this long. Loved Margo and D'Agosta and especially loved Cuthbert (Linda Hunt) as the book was seriously missing more female characters.

[Lisa]

I really liked Cuthbert too, much more likeable than the book character, and I love Linda Hunt 😊

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finally finished. It took me about 80 pages to get into this one (coinciding with the initial appearance of Pendergast) but after that it was fun, although a bit long. The Jurassic Park overtones are notable.