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November 2019 Random Read Group Read: The Ice Limit by Douglas Preston *Spoilers*
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Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie
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Nov 02, 2019 07:09AM
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Half way through. It's more interesting than exciting, really. Not a huge amount of action, and what there is doesn't happen at a great pace. But it's well written and has piqued my curiosity about the meteorite's attributes.
A lot more - and more intense - action in the latter half of the story. Some pretty gripping scenes but let down by a couple of key credibility issues, for me. The sudden reveal of the "solution" to the destroyer attack should have had some form of premonitory indicator - it felt too easy and the timing seemed impossible. Similarly, the calmest, coolest character in the story switched to losing it without a credible transition. As for the ending... hmm. The writing overall is high quality but those issues dragged it back to a 3 star.
This was a good story but far too long and drawn out so that I lost interest eventually.
