Gideon's Corpse

Pressed on

Whoa! This can't be a Preston Child book. It's way bad.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

highly recommend

Looks as though I am in the minority, but I couldn't put the book down! Really feel it would make a great movie and enjoyed it very much. Preston and Child wrote a great book. Give it a try, you might just like it!!

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

A good ride

This book is getting some pretty bad reviews and I don't know why. These two authors write fast paced, well researched action novels. And they do it pretty well time and time again. The novel is not perfect but the character, Crew, is engaging and a joy to follow. You can tell the love that the authors have for both Holmes and Bond and they show such joy in writing these adventures. These two are still some of my fav story tellers in the genre. More of Pendergast, and yes! More Gideon Crew please.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

awful :( !!!!!

Gideon's Sword was not bad, but the sequel is terrible! I can not believe it was written by Preston and Child as I enjoyed the entire Pendergast series. I am 3/4 the way through and it has been torture to try to reach the end.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Fun read

As a long time fan of Preston/Child, I was hesitant to start this series based in the reviews. But Gideon Crew is growing in me and I thoroughly enjoyed the progression of his character in this installment. The story was paced well and good piece of escapism.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Classic Preston/Child Thriller

I am a fan of the Preston/Child novels, specifically the Pendergast series. I did enjoy this one as well, as a matter-of-fact, I preferred the second Gideon novel over the first.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Disappointing

While Gideon grows as a character the plot line and general premise was a bit unbelievable coupled with unlikely resolutions to some of the obstacles presented to Gideon. A bit of a disappointing sequel

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Stop hating on this book!

This book is actually really good... this desperately NEEDS a movie. This has gotten a raving review on the New York Times... hint hint!

Anyway, for those of you who are thinking of buying the book and looking at BOTH editorial and customer reviews, do it. It's really worth the damn money. It has a lot of strong language, so I really only don't reccomend it to those who are sensitive about that kind of stuff.

But still,

Better than the first Gideon book

This book was far and away better than the first of this new character.
This story was pretty decently paced with some good imagery... as expected from the guys.
Gideon seemed more of a filled in character and the characters that were brought in were better thought out I felt.
I had gone in to this book disappointed in the first and was thinking that I wouldn't get any more Gideon books if this one was crap too. I was pleasantly surprised and felt the need to keep at it once he got on a roll.
Obviously, it's nothing like any Pendergast book, but pretty solid after the first (disappointing) Gideon book.

ANother Gideon nail biter

Preston & Child can crank them out and this one is a great read. Another in the Gideon series that will keep you reading.

Excellent

Couldn't put this down

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Sad

Disappointing

A Corpse For Sure

On page 293 the authors write: "There was an air of desuetude, even abandonment." And they were so right, I could feel it myself. Hundreds and hundreds of readers abandoning this novel before they finished it.
It was around page 138 that I began to think of abandoning it myself,only to then be rewarded with a few pages of Gideon and his partner having dinner. They were having kidneys, but the partner didn't want to eat them. Then he did, and guess what? He liked them. Yes, indeed, this is quite a thriller I am reading. For some odd reason, I finished the book, although I admit to glossing over some pages. It's really boring, and not much of interest happens after the first few pages. Even the big scene toward the end is a letdown. People were getting shot and I was saying "Hey, over here. Put this book out of its misery!"

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

so disappointed

this book doesn't hold a candle to their other works...have them all and was really looking forward to this
only finished it because paid for it

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