Map of Bones
Registered by DameEdna of Monroe Township, New Jersey USA on 1/17/2010
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
Book Description:
This novel about an ancient secret society and the race to find priceless antiquities is sure to be compared to Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code, but, in every way, it's a much better book. Where Brown's best-seller was predictable despite its compelling premise, this tale is clever and suspenseful. Where Code featured ropey dialogue and assembly-line characters, this one offers (mostly) real people engaging in (mostly) real discourse. Like Brown, Rollins makes the most of a moderately implausible premise, this one requiring that the reader accept the literal truth of a certain allegorical aspect of the Bible. But, as both books prove, a thriller can be as implausible as it likes as long as it is entertainingly developed. Fans of The Da Vinci Code will obviously want to read Map of Bones, but even those who found Brown's opus unpalatable will thoroughly enjoy the taste of this one. -- David Pitt
This novel about an ancient secret society and the race to find priceless antiquities is sure to be compared to Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code, but, in every way, it's a much better book. Where Brown's best-seller was predictable despite its compelling premise, this tale is clever and suspenseful. Where Code featured ropey dialogue and assembly-line characters, this one offers (mostly) real people engaging in (mostly) real discourse. Like Brown, Rollins makes the most of a moderately implausible premise, this one requiring that the reader accept the literal truth of a certain allegorical aspect of the Bible. But, as both books prove, a thriller can be as implausible as it likes as long as it is entertainingly developed. Fans of The Da Vinci Code will obviously want to read Map of Bones, but even those who found Brown's opus unpalatable will thoroughly enjoy the taste of this one. -- David Pitt
Journal Entry 2 by DameEdna at -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, New Jersey USA on Sunday, January 17, 2010
Released 14 yrs ago (1/17/2010 UTC) at -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, New Jersey USA
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
Going to my Schwestie for her to read or release.
Going to my Schwestie for her to read or release.
Journal Entry 3 by FilmCricket from Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg Germany on Thursday, January 28, 2010
Caught from Schwestie
Journal Entry 4 by FilmCricket from Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg Germany on Saturday, March 13, 2010
Wow! What a great book! My first James Rollins but not my last. He is definitely on my Top Three Dibs list.
Journal Entry 5 by FilmCricket at O'Kelly's Irish Pub, Milchstrasse 1 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg Germany on Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Released 14 yrs ago (4/11/2010 UTC) at O'Kelly's Irish Pub, Milchstrasse 1 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg Germany
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
On the breakfast buffet table
On the breakfast buffet table
