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Tag: fiction

  • Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves by Matthew Reilly

    Scarecrow And The Army Of Thieves Book CoverThe latest action in the Scarecrow series. Another very fast and rapidly moving novel by Matthew Reilly. This book has many new scientific research and a robot to help Scarecrow achieve his objective. While he is helped by his old friend David Fairfax, ‘Mother’ fights along with him. Unlike other books, this books has quite some details of torture techniques and also introduces us to a new villain, who escaped by the end of this book, so we may see him again.

    Highly recommended read for fast paced action fans.

  • Hell Island by Matthew Reilly

    Hell Island Book CoverHell Island is a short novel of about 108 pages by Matthew Reilly. The book is moving so fast that I was not able to resist finishing it one go in an hours time. I just don’t want to disclose the plot else it will ruin the reading experience of anybody reading this novel.

    Very simple writing style, no unnecessary details, no heroics, just plain action and adaptability. A must read of every thriller fan.

  • Ice Station by Matthew Reilly

    Ice Station Book CoverThis is an excellent thriller, a very fast pacing book. Once started it will be difficult to leave it unfinished. What strange things happen in Antarctic. A classic battle between outnumbered Marines, SAS, French Commandos, Seals, fighters, stealths, nuclear missile, traitors and what else is not there in this book.

  • The Rozabal Line by Ashwin Sanghi

    the_rozabel_line_book_coverThe Rozabel Line is another book which is about the life and death of Jesus Christ combined with fiction. I guess this kind of historical fiction was started by Dan Brown in Da Vinci Code wherein he has traced the bloodline of Jesus Christ.

    Ashwin has done a good amount of research  and there are about 209 references given at the back of the book. Most of the book quotes various historical timeframes and what happened then based on the latest research. The actual amount of fiction is quite less and is loosely knitted around the research material.

    I like this book for the historical information and research references rather than the actual plot. Also the switching of context from history to fiction was quite random.

    Overall the research done by author impresses me, but perhaps this book lacks a strong plot and good editing.

  • Personal by Lee Child

    Personal Book CoverIf I remember correct this is the second book in which Reacher travels outside the United States. But the first time he did was not using his own passport and then only a certain part was spend outside the US. In this story he travels to Paris and then to London and most of the plot is outside the US.

    Its a bit different from other Jack Reacher series books. Its a little more descriptive than the previous books. In this book, Reacher needed lot of data from various places in order to get going. You can clearly see Reacher’s vulnerability outside the US.

    However, overall Lee Child has done a very good attempt on taking the Reacher series in a different direction. This is not my favourite Reacher book, but its good.