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Altar Of Bones. Philip Carter (2012)

by Philip Carter(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1849833478 (ISBN13: 9781849833479)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Simon & Schuster UK

review 1: This book has so many twists and turns it will make your head spin. I found Alter of Bones to be a very enjoyable octane thriller, one that should be on all thriller/mystery lovers summer reading list. From the opening in Siberia to Galveston, San Francisco, Paris, Budapest, St. Petersburg, and back to Siberia, the chase to discover the Altar of Bones will leave you turning pages until you turn off the lights at night. On the way, we "discover" what happened in two of the 1960's most infamous murder cases, the truth behind Rasputin and Ivan the Terrible, and the power of sacrificing everything for the love of family. Almost all of the characters are well-defined, though it is clear some are caricatures, but the two leads Ry and Zoe are richly detailed. Only the need f... moreor the author to bring romance into the story, and doing so much too early in the plot, prevents this from being five stars. Another engrossing and enjoyable read.
review 2: Had this been written as some kind of satire, I would have probably chuckled along even though satire is not at all my thing. But it wasn't. This author was dead serious and somehow managed to write one book with every single action book/movie cliche I have ever heard. I was maybe 200 pages in before I realized that what I was reading was completely absurd. You know what tipped me off? The main character was running from the bad guy and she ends up in a Parisian marketplace and the bad guy runs into a pyramid of oranges and they go everywhere and trip him up, allowing the main character to get away. I laughed out loud. A pyramid of oranges?!? Come on. It's like he was picturing an action movie and just typing it all out. We had: an evil mom, deathbed confessions, evil Wall Street billionaire who is in love with his even more evil assistant, a priest killed in his church, a wise homeless woman, religious icons, the Kennedy assassination, the Russian mafia, a mysterious shop owner who has been holding a clue for 50 years, Marilyn Monroe, hidden caves, the fountain of youth, chase scene after ridiculous chase scene... I could go on and on forever... For, say, 600 pages. Because yeah, I read on for FOUR HUNDRED pages after I got annoyed. What is wrong with me?To be fair, I have no idea why I picked this up. The cover blurb says it is for fans of Dan Brown and Robert Ludlum. I actively hated The davinci Code and couldn't even finish the first Bourne book.. I do sometimes like a mindless actiony thing, but obviously not this type. Ick. less

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