Relic (Pendergast, #1) in Precinct 81

Sep 23, 2014 Logan rated it it was amazing

Shelves: borrowed-library, mystery, 2015-books-read

This one came on my radar thanks to a 欧宝娱乐 friend's recommendation (thanks Steven!). To me, it was a perfect blend of the old school strange/creepy suspense of Dean Koontz and the hard science of Michael Crichton. I could hardly stand to put it down until I could figure out just what kind of creature was crawling through the bowels of the museum, and right when I think all is settled - BAM! The authors hit us with a stunning epilogue that turns everything on its head. I am so glad I had the ...more

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Apr 17, 2019 Sophie rated it liked it

Shelves: thriller

Bit meh about the characters in this which makes it difficult to care if they survive the museum attacks.

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Jan 05, 2020 Nancy rated it it was ok

Shelves: thriller

Something is prowling the basement of the Natural History Museum in New York, slashing people and eating their brains on the eve of the opening of one of the biggest exhibitions in the Museum's history. Despite the grisly murders, the director and his two henchmen - the PR woman and the exhibition curator, are determined to continue with the opening against the advice of the police and Pedergast, the FBI agent from the South who arrived to lead the investigation. The opening happens and it isn't Something is prowling the basement of the Natural History Museum in New York, slashing people and eating their brains on the eve of the opening of one of the biggest exhibitions in the Museum's history. Despite the grisly murders, the director and his two henchmen - the PR woman and the exhibition curator, are determined to continue with the opening against the advice of the police and Pedergast, the FBI agent from the South who arrived to lead the investigation. The opening happens and it isn't giving anything away to say that disaster occurs. Whatever it was that was lurking is out for blood.

That is pretty much a summary of what I found was a pedestrian book which, although kept me reading, brought very few surprises. In fact, my main reason for wanting to get to the end was that I was cheering the monster on. The characters in this book were so terrible that I was itching for them to get eaten. Unfortunately, every character was a stereotypical caricature - some didn't even get that far, being simply wooden cut-outs of what that particular type of person was expected to be. Perhaps the most infuriating was Smithback, the journalist who was supposed to be writing a book about the exhibition. I can not imagine that anyone would be so vacuous that when they were running for their lives through a dark, waterlogged basement after having witnessed someone being eviscerated by a monster, their first thought would be to ask the redundant journalistic question of the police officer leading the group "how does it feel to have 40 lives in your hands." Please. I so wanted the monster to get him.

The three heads of the museum were so unspeakably awful that there were no possible redeeming features about any of them. But even the good characters - Pendergast, Margo - were empty. About the only character who vaguely developed was D'Agosta, but even then I found it really hard to be invested in any of them. It's hard to feel anything for people who are actually just a parody.

Unfortunately, this book fell from a three star to a two star in the last quarter. I kept trying to be positive about it, but the characterisation - what of it there was - descended into such predictability and annoyance that I almost put the book down. Yes, there was a twist at the end (although perhaps it was more like a gentle curve than a twist), and yes, I accept that this book was written some 15 years ago but I still wouldn't be recommending it. ...more

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Mar 04, 2017 Fff rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-thriller

Thriller fantastique
S茅rie Pendergast (tome 1)
Mon avis : J'ai d茅j脿 lu de nombreux tomes de cette s茅rie (y compris celui-ci), mais souhaitant me replonger dans l'univers Pendergast je ne pouvais que relire ce livre. Avec toujours autant de plaisir.
Au d茅but du roman, quelques passages peuvent sembler un peu longs mais sont n茅cessaires 脿 la mise en place de l'intrigue notamment les conflits au sein du mus茅e. Pendergast n'a pas encore l'importance qu'il prendra plus tard dans les tomes suivants, il n ...more

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Jul 16, 2019 Michelle rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2019, science-fiction, horror, calibre

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Dec 15, 2016 K~Terror rated it really liked it

Shelves: audible

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Apr 23, 2019 Sylwia rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: horror, fantasy, mystery, adventure, thriller

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Feb 08, 2017 Sallie(GeorgiaGirl) rated it really liked it

Shelves: audio, february-challenge, mystery-thrillers, mystery, series, 2017, 2017-goodreads-reading-challenge, douglas-preston-lincoln-child, horror, sci-fi

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