I am for the most part, a Pendergast fan and picked up this book because I enjoyed Still Life with Crows, Riptide (no Pendergast), Cabinet of Curiousities, Relic (really loved Relic) & Relic's sequel Reliquary. I also thought from the creepy cover & description blurp that this was a horror novel. After reading it awhile, I realized it wasn't. It falls more in the detective/thriller genre, and that type of book is really not my cup of tea. Maybe that is the reason I couldn't really get into this plot.
At the book's conclusion, I was still left with an unresolved feeling. The ends don't tie up neatly and there were quite a few plot points that didn't need to be in the book at all. The are characters described by vague references to other stories (none of which I've read). For one character, alot of chapters are written as if building up for a explosive showdown, and when it occurs, it's a dud. If this were my first Childs/Preston book, I probably wouldn't pick up another one.
At the book's conclusion, I was still left with an unresolved feeling. The ends don't tie up neatly and there were quite a few plot points that didn't need to be in the book at all. The are characters described by vague references to other stories (none of which I've read). For one character, alot of chapters are written as if building up for a explosive showdown, and when it occurs, it's a dud. If this were my first Childs/Preston book, I probably wouldn't pick up another one.
