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The Third Antichrist (2011)

by Mario Reading(Favorite Author)

3.11 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0857896660 (ISBN13: 9780857896667)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Atlantic Books

series

Antichrist Trilogy

review 1: Dan Brown's crown(?) as master(?) of thriller genre is safe. Even Steve berry who is a distant second to brown is safe. Why so? It is so, thanks to the abysmal shortage of authors intelligent enough to write thrillers in which characters don't display the intelligence of anything more than an algae.This was the first book of the author that I have read. Spurred by the opening para [packs murder and incest (by a 12 year old boy to boot!) in a mere five lines] I picked it wondering how the author would maintain the tempo for the next 623 pages. Unsurprisingly enough the author didn't disappoint (or should it be 'disappoint'?). Funny thing is that this is the last book of a trilogy. This means that the author has managed to publish two books before inflicting this one(guess w... moreorld is either filled with masochists or very forgiving people). I am too exhausted to tell anything about the plot(?) of the novel (but I don't think I'll miss anything by doing so). I keep reading such books to understand the template of a thriller novel. Guess I should stop reading and start writing. credits to Mario reading for having the patience to write such a huge novel -- not an easy thing to do so (my personal experience writing thesis and several technical reports has made me realize how easy it is to underestimate the effort required to write something). Given that you have this much patience Mr. Reading, I hope you'll do better next time. Also, given that you are a native speaker of English (I presume!), please pay attention to your grammatical constructs and the language usage in general.Change of mind! Here goes the plot-line...The Third Anti-Christ is born and doing well in Moldavia (you may find it on google maps and btw, is my spelling right?) and the 'second coming' is not far behind either. Add to this a secret organization (whose motto is that aiding chaos) that allies with the anti-christ and wants to eliminate the yet to be born second-coming. [This secret organization has in its rolls a bunch of squabbling siblings as their top assassins (they provide comic relief whenever they speak or whatever they do) who manage to goof-up even the simplest of tasks. This basically means that the second-coming is safe]. Now there's a scholar guy (hero actually) who possesses Nostradamus lost prophesies (guess the previous two books deals with this guy coming in possession of these passages). These 40 passages tell the GPS coords of the second-coming and the anti-christ; so you know which one to protect and which one to protect yourself (and the world) from. The story is about how the scholar guy keeps the second-coming (actually the heavily pregnant mother) safe from the comical assistance and the maniacal anti-christ. Would I have missed anything if I didn't add these lines?P.S. Mr. Reading, please drop the mention of you being a member of the high IQ Mensa association; unfortunately this gives an added expectation that your story writing is going to reflect those extra IQ points. Perhaps for some valid reason you have made your characters look extremely stupid (which, given my low non-mensa IQ couldn't fathom). Else, I may have to come to a conclusion (may be rash) that Mensa is over rated. Another suggestion: Please don't thrust a sensational opening if you are incapable of maintaining the tempo; it's nothing more than a cheap trick to sell novels.
review 2: Having read and enjoyed the previous 2 books in this series, I was looking forward to the conclusion. I was a bit disappointed with this one though. Yes, it continued on from where the last one left off, and yes it was action-packed from page 1, but - and it's a big but - there was no spark. The book felt very flat and lifeless, almost as if the author had got bored of the series and was rushing through to the finale. The main characters, Sabin and Caque, who were vibrant and complex in the very first book were almost reduced to minor players. Overall, it felt like Mario Reading ran out of steam. less

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