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The River (2011)

by Cheryl Kaye Tardif(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1926997174 (ISBN13: 9781926997179)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Imajin Books

review 1: I absolutely loved this book and had a hard time putting it down! A well written techno-thriller complete with murder, mystery, adventure, romance, time travel (I don't usually go for time travel, but this felt real and was so very well done). I've been doing a lot of reading lately and have read a couple of books since reading The River, and yet I find I'm still think about it! The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because I have mixed feelings about the ending, which was too abrupt, in my opinion, and felt unresolved. But you should definitely read it and see for yourself!
review 2: A hard tale to place in a genre. Science fiction comes closest, but at first I thought it was a romance with medical thriller trappings as heroine Del Hawthorne tries to u... morenderstand her father's disappearance and what it has to do with the genetics lab where he worked. Then it seemed to be a Clive Cussler style tale of hidden treasure, as a coded notebook leads Del and a group of friends to take to canoes on the Nahanni River of the title- but still with the traits of a romance prominent. Eventually it became something else entirely, something very strange and quite endearing. It's all a little mad, in a good way. The dialogue is a little flat in some places and characterisation can be a bit off, but it was never enough to drag me out of the story. less

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