Justin

My only gripe is the author got a couple of easily-checkable facts wrong. He mentions Cage's Con Air character having a son, but it's his daughter he's hoping to meet. And the author calls Gone in Sixty Seconds an “R-rated” feature but that movie is PG-13. So it makes me wonder what else he got wrong. Still a fun read and made me want to have a Nicolas Cage marathon!

One of the better Star Trek books I???ve read. I loved that it???s a bridge between Star Trek VI and Generations. I think I???d like to read more from Christie Golden.

Pretty straightforward story (made me think of a bedtime story/fairy tale) but very enjoyable. Also Bronson Pinchot narrated the audiobook and did a phenomenal job!

Finally! Editing Advice!

I was hesitant to read this book because writing 1,000 words a day can sometimes be difficult for me, so I assumed I would never be able to write 10K. But Rachel Aaron???s advice is solid and makes a lot of sense and I can see myself improving my word count (maybe not to 10K) by following it.

However, the part of the book I found most useful was her editing advice. I always assumed you should start at the beginning and work your way to the end (perhaps this is why I???ve yet to fully edit a manuscript), but I love Rachel???s method and will be implementing it immediately.

This is a must-read for any writer!

Satisfying conclusion to Gwendy???s story.

Not quite as good as the first Fletch book but still very enjoyable. Flynn was a fun character and I know he has his own series of books. I look forward to reading them.

Also, this book has one of the BEST opening chapters I???ve ever read.

Really enjoyed all three of these stories. It helps that the audio book narrators (Jeff Daniels, Ethan Hawke and January LaVoy) were all really good.

If it were a film, it certainly wouldn???t pass the Bechdel test. Some of the writing is a bit cringe worthy but overall it wasn???t a terrible Star Trek yarn.

Very different from the movie.

The first half suffers from the same problem The Whistler did, which is that it???s fairly repetitive, but the final third is strong.

Wanted to give this 2.5 stars but forgot Goodreads doesn???t do half stars. Not a terrible book but also not super interesting. Repetitive at times.

Yikes. I had a hard time getting thru this book. And, honestly, if it hadn???t been a King book, I would have given up. I found it tedious and boring, which is a shame because I usually love Stephen King???s writing. My mind wandered often and because of that, I often found myself confused. Perhaps I will give this book another chance in the future (a lot of folks on here seem to love it), but I think it???ll be a long, long time before I do.

I have long been a fan of Ethan Hawke The Actor (and screenwriter) and have wondered how Ethan Hawke The Novelist fared. This is the first of his novels I???ve read and I loved it. I can understand completely why some people won???t like this book (I saw one review on here refer to is as ???the plight of the wealthy, white male???) and that???s fair but I was hooked after the very first sentence. As an ex-aspiring actor, I love stories about actors and this one made me want to audition for a play tomorrow. Hawke is a fantastic storyteller and just as he makes me jealous of his acting talent, I???m now jealous of his writing talent.

I???m embarrassed by how long it took me to read this book but dang, was it good. Highly recommend.

I subscribe to Hard Case Crime???s newsletter and was offered a free copy of the book on the condition that, if I liked it, I???d tell my friends. Well, I certainly liked it and I will be telling my friends. It???s one of the best thriller/mysteries I???ve read in a while. I???m going to be keeping an eye out for future James Kestrel books and I???m going to pre-order this one for my dad for his birthday. Do yourself a favor and check it out.

I think I actually enjoyed this one the most out of the three. Montolio was a great character.

Not as good as Ready Player One but I still enjoyed it quite a bit.

SPOILERS

This was mostly an enjoyable read. Up until about the halfway point I found it to be fairly straight forward. The only real mystery I wanted answered was how the people who abducted Rachel didn???t leave any footprints. Once the time travel element was introduced I was more intrigued although I thought the characters all accepted this theory a little too quickly. And now that I think about it, how did Rachel leave any footprints when she exited the cave? When Ricky and Jordan travel thru time, they???re already in the past when they exit the cave. And I assume Rachel walked out of the cave, dropped the phone off and then back in the cave, to go to the past? We are told that using the portal uses its limited amount of energy, making it possible to close the portal forever. But once this is described, it???s never really a factor again.

Overall, it wasn???t a bad book but I feel like it could have been fleshed out more. Some things are a bit too convenient, like Chet just letting Ricky, Jordan and Dr. Errington leave the cave on their own. I would think he???d want to escort them back to make sure they don???t try exactly what they end up trying. Also, I read this on Kindle Unlimited and there were typos/grammatical errors in just about every chapter.

Not as good as the first book but still an exciting read for the most part.

I preordered this book back in 2009. It traveled with me to California and back and I finally decided to read it. It was worth the wait.

I haven???t read a Jerry B. Jenkins novel since I read the first couple of Left Behind books in high school. I picked this one up because it was his latest and I???d seen a YouTube video of him while he was writing it.

I don???t really know what to say about this book other than it feels incomplete. The beginning grabbed me but then it became apparent that this story was being dragged out. Every other chapter takes place in 2000 BC and I don???t really know how they connect to the present day chapters. The Manhattan chapters felt like it was short story material stretched out over the length of a novel.

The acknowledgements page mentions book 2 coming soon. Maybe it will be better? Or maybe it shouldn???t have been a multi-book series but rather condensed into one novel? I guess we???ll see.

Also the description of the book on this Goodreads page is NOT the book I just read. Maybe that???s the description to book 2?

I may have a new author to add to my list of favorites. Holy smokes this was a good book.

Incredible. Such massive depth and history to the story. Each character is so well developed. I had a hard time putting it down during the final 200 pages. Very curious to see what happens next.

Not bad. Certain characters act differently than they should but you have to remember when it was written.

Took me longer to read than it should have but I enjoyed it quite a bit.