by Steve Berry
Among the best of the Berry books I've read so far. Cotton Malone to me is getting to be a more and more interesting character in his books, and this strength really meshes well with Berry's well-researched, well-planned plots. I hope Malone continues to grow as a character in future Berry novels.
Of all of Steve Berry's books, and especially all of them with protagonist Cotton Malone, I liked this one the least (2½ star rating). For me there was too much drama which dragged on for too long, and not as much action and deciphering of cryptograms as compared to his other books. There is however...
Edge of your seat plot with twists and turns throughout.
I usually like Berry's books and conspiracy theories, but found that by the end of this book I didn't care what happened anymore. It almost tries to hard to include too much, so even good old Cotton Malone couldn't save it for me. As hard as it tried, I had to try harder to get to the last page.
Steve Berry has a very fertile imagination. He always creates an exciting and thought-provoking mix of historical fact and wild conjecture. This one has Cotton Malone seeking the truth about how his father really died 38 years ago. There's a U.S. government cover-up of a long-ago Antarctic expedi...
Rating: a breathless 4* of fiveSteve Berry does it all right in The Charlemagne Pursuit. He starts right, in the pulse-pounding submarine accident that triggers the action in the book; he ends right, with late-night antics about to begin; he keeps his story moving at a fast clip in between, with lov...
I never really connected with this book. I couldn't get involved with any of the characters. I didn't care what happened to them and didn't care what happened in the story. I'm not sure why, as I enjoyed The DaVinci Code (different author, but similar subject matter). I guess it just wasn't my cup o...
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