Member Reviews

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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 5 stars

  “wonderful, almost better than DaVinci Code--couldn't put it down.”

  angel wrote this review Wednesday, May 14 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 3 stars

  “The book begins in the 14th century with a failed attempt by the "Black Pope" to steal some treasures being transported from the Vatican. Then the book fast forwards to present day Germany.
  
  A religious ceremony becomes a blood-bath when a bunch of armed commandos dressed as monks attack (monks seem to be popular bad guys in all of Rollins books) slaughtering the participants and stealing some bones thought to be those of the Magi.
  
  A government team is put together by Painter Crowe in Maryland to investigate. As soon as they get to the scene they are set on by the bad guys (I guess they do return to the scene of the crime). What follows are chases through some historical landmarks and puzzles to be solved
  
  This book is the sequel to Sandstorm which was an excellent book from start to finish. Map of Bones lacks a lot of key elements present in the other book. Firstly there is virtually no character development. It seems the government team is just thrown together in the beginning of the book and we know very little about anybody's past.
  
  The bad guys seem to be ubiquitous throughout the book but very inept at killing any of the government team. Also, the author tries to capitalize on the treasure hunt through religious artifacts and sites that was prevalent in The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons. However, the author fails to recreate the tension of those books plus he has the government team solve each puzzle too easy.
  
  I had a real hard time finishing this book and I only gave it three stars because of some of the historical content that had me searching the Internet for more information.
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  Katamaster wrote this review Thursday, September 20 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Short chapters that ended in cliff-hangers kept me turning the pages. Easy and fun read. I'll be reading more James Rollins.”

  Sana P wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “This book, was nice, with a lot of actions, maybe a little too much action. I loved the creatchers and I liked that there wasn't all about religion. And I learned a lot while I read it.”

  Teodora19 wrote this review Wednesday, October 8 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “This book is a modern-day thriller with an historical backstory, much in the vein of THE DA VINCI CODE. A PAGETURNER. Not quite as perfectly done as that novel, but still very, very good. The author did a fantastic job of weaving in true historical details and societies, to the point where you feel you are actually learning a little something to boot. And of course you have the easily-predicted love story between the masculine lead and the feminine but strong lead woman. All the elements of a great thriller. I really enjoyed this, and I plan to explore this writer's other books.”

  Alethea wrote this review Thursday, October 2 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Fantastic read... exciting and captivating, almost impossible to put down. The only problem is that it is yet another book trying to squeeze into the Da Vinci Code slipstream. All in all though, a good piece of work”

  Robyn wrote this review Thursday, July 24 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Another winner from James Rollins. Honestly, to me this guy makes Dan Brown look like a hack. Great characters, heroes and villains alike, and an awesome roller coaster ride with plenty of twists will keep you up at night until you've finished. Lots of real history embedded here too. The back cover boasts a review saying that this is a much better book than "The Da Vinci Code, and it's absolutely true.”

  Brandon C wrote this review Wednesday, July 16 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Lots of characters, lots of plot dancing, pretty cool read. Somewhat confusing, but you get pulled into this thing and have to find out what's at the end of the reading rainbow. Sort of a "DaVinci Code" topical book, but well done.”

  Jay C wrote this review Saturday, July 5 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Bones of the 3 Magi? Fun read and remember it's fiction.”

  Mary B wrote this review Saturday, July 5 2008. ( reply | permalink )