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A long-buried family secret resurfaces when one of Aloysius Pendergast's most implacable enemies shows up on his doorstep as a murdered corpse. The mystery has all the hallmarks of the perfect murder, save for an enigmatic clue a piece of turquoise lodged in the stomach of the deceased. The gem leads Pendergast to an abandoned mine on the shore of California's desolate Salton Sea, which in turn propels him on a journey of discovery deep into his family's sinister past. But Pendergast learns there is more at work than a ghastly episode of family history he is soon stalked by a subtle killer bent on vengeance over an ancient transgression. In short order, Pendergast is caught in a wickedly clever plot, which will leave him stricken in mind and body...and may well end with his death.
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"Preston and Child have again produced an exciting book full of twists, turns, cliffhangers, and fast-paced reading. My wife kept asking me to turn off the light last night, but I needed to get through that last 100 pages. FBI Agent Aloysius Pendergast finds his son's dead body at the front door and that launches him on the trail of a vengeance-driven psychopath (well, naturally...what would you do with a apathy-driven psychopath?) and things get very sticky, not just for Pendergast, but for his mysterious companion, Constance, and the others who make up the Pendergast regulars. Great book. As always, it leaves me waiting for the next."
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Blue Labyrinth Audible Audio Edition Douglas Preston Lincoln Child Rene Auberjonois Hachette Audio Books Reviews
- I read almost everything by these guys, but I lost interest in the Pendergast novels halfway through the trilogy about his wife. I really liked how each story had one central and strange scientific fact at its core. And I thought Preston and Child did a fantastic job at giving the audience just enough information about Agent Pendergast (basically a Sherlock Holmes knock off, but with an almost supernatural ancestry). I did like the Diogenes trilogy, which was about his evil brother. I felt like it was pure red meat for the fans, and I loved the idea of writing a trilogy that was all about Pendergast. But now it seems that the entire series is about Pendergast and not his cases. In Blue Labyrnth, the central scientific nugget that's usually there was laughably underdeveloped. And I found out that apparently from a previous novel, Pendergast had two sons-- one evil and one good. That's so hackneyed and it cheapens the series immeasurably. And add to that his ward, the immortal Constance Greene and their evolving relationship which is taking on a Woody Allen/Soon Yi vibe.. I mean why don't they just turn the pale skinned Pendergast into a vampire who bit Constance and they can do away with science altogether!
I may have missed some key detail, because I'm not even sure why the novel is called 'blue labyrnth'.. And initially, I did really get into the story because Preston and Child are very good at creating suspense. But these reviewers who are writing stuff like, 'they're back to their old form'.. Yeah, I really wish people would make an effort to not write and think in cliches. Because they're really not back to their old form. At about the halfway point, there was a reveal about the plot and I thought for sure it was a misdirect because there was nothing to it. And instead of having a clever twist in the final third of the novel, it simply devolved into a chase and fight scenes. Oh man that Margo Green fight in the museum! *tiny spoiler* It was filled with every Hollywood cliche you could think of and the bad guy was finally killed by ten thousand pounds of irony. That's only a tiny spoiler because by the time you get to that point, they had jumped the shark so many times in that fight that you're expecting something like that. I did like the scenes with Constance Green at the end, but it's not really science fiction here *another tiny spoiler*, but it's more a magic potion thing. I'd honestly rather watch an action flick than read about action sequences..
But in short, I think Preston and Child need to take a break from writing. Maybe they should go to one of these odd locations they're always describing in such vivid detail. Actually, the Salton Sea wasn't described all that well imo and it wasn't even necessary to the plot. They need to find their muse again because every additional book seems to cheapen the series as a whole. And I was so stoked when I saw Beyond the Ice Limit was available for preorder. Then I was crushed when I noticed it was part of the damned Gideon Crew series. They really need to *only* write something when there's a good idea behind it and I'd be perfectly happy if these guys only wrote one book every two years. - IN Blue Labyrinth, Preston and Child take a different approach to Pendergast, their main detective- the Special Agent who has come upon his family fortune, but still finds fascination in being a special FBI agent. This time, a body is delivered to his doorstep at his townhouse on Riverside Drive. He finds out it's his prodigal son, Alban. So, following clues such as a turquoise that was later discovered to be mined in a mine at the Salton Sea, Pendergast goes on a journey which turns out to be a trap! He inhales a vapor which poisons his body, and slowly weakens him. Despite this, he follows the leads on Alban, runs into a notorious drug running gang in Rio Di Janeiro, then flies off to Switzerland where his other son, Tristram, is holed up in a private sanitarium. Back at home, a museum scientist is murdered, and D'Agosta does an investigation that, once again, involves the Museum of Natural History. Are these two incidents related? Margo Green, now an anthropharmacologist (something like that), and Pendergast's ward, Constance Greene, take on important roles, later on going on a rescue mission to try to cure what ails Pendergast. The reason I didn't like this book is that, in their other books, Agent Pendergast finds ingenious ways to solve complex crimes. Here he winds up victimized. Still, the book is not without its merits. It goes into intricate detail into the backgrounds of certain elements of the mystery. The plot is delightfully intertwined and complex. It does science fiction in a very credible, detailed manner. The action scenes are skillfully handled as in their other books. There are sudden twists and surprises. Normally, I'd give a book like this five stars. But Pendergast is seriously abused in this book. For that reason, I cannot recommend it except to Preston and Child's most devoted fans.
- Preston and Child have again produced an exciting book full of twists, turns, cliffhangers, and fast-paced reading. My wife kept asking me to turn off the light last night, but I needed to get through that last 100 pages. FBI Agent Aloysius Pendergast finds his son's dead body at the front door and that launches him on the trail of a vengeance-driven psychopath (well, naturally...what would you do with a apathy-driven psychopath?) and things get very sticky, not just for Pendergast, but for his mysterious companion, Constance, and the others who make up the Pendergast regulars. Great book. As always, it leaves me waiting for the next.
- Preston & child are confirmed master storytellers, that is undeniable.They know how to concoct a gripping, page-turner whodunnit, which s more than just that.
Such rythm and intensity prevents the reader from noting inconsistencies and irrealisms...
In this story, it is mainly the finale that calls for suspension of disbelief.
(SPOILER) A moribund Pendergast is saved, while coding, his body wasted by an aggressive toxin, by an injection of an antidote prepared on the spot from herbs stolen in the natural sciences museum and the botanic garden, prepared without any sterilization, injected just as raw as it comes... Wow! And he recovers virtually on the spot. Moreover, all the degenerative effects that riddle his body are reversed between the last word of the last chapter and the epilogue! Yeah ... Such a sequence is to be expected in an action movie finale, not in a novel!
Still good and gripping read with attaching characters (Pendergast, Constance, D'Agosta and Margo ... where is Laura?), impressive villains, intriguing locales and surprising traitors. Good action sequences also. As usual.
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