Member Reviews

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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Great adventure. I love this author. This book is in my "Who needs movies?" catagory.”

  JJ wrote this review Monday, August 25 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “the most adventurous book i hv ever read
  u must read it”

  anubha wrote this review Saturday, August 16 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “Great book! Full of adventure, personal relationships, fabulous!!”

  Lara C wrote this review Friday, May 9 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “Did the first 24 chapters - everything has been set; the search, the place, the swamp, and the help from local villages. There are 3 teams in search of the buried treasure; Tom & Sally, Philip and his father old friend, Vernon and the Teacher. Along with couple of strong armies. Seems more a race to the treasure buried by Max. The only gift given to the 3 sons - is it worth the challenge... Yup is worth the challenge...not to spoil your reading. But is something you must read on to find out. We see reunion and understanding what senior Broadbent has come to with his sons making the way to fight for father's treasures and how the 3 plus 1 son work for it hard. There are much life-to-death situation for all of them, including Sally herself. They managed to pass the many difficult swamps and wild lifes without decent food and rest with the help of an old friend at 100 over years of age...and much later another help and savior from a much younger friend whom you will know the connection to this reunion Good read, great story. About sons and dad right to the end. Some what like the other book i read 'Temple' by Matthew Reilly, but without all those creatures. Rate this 5 stars.”

  SKYW4LKER wrote this review Sunday, March 16 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 0 stars

  “This book is quite intense as you read on the adventure of a treasure everyone is interested in finding. It gets you spinning in a suspenseful chase! Everyone is out for his own and there's a true love that evolves between two people through it all..”

  Debbie s wrote this review Tuesday, February 19 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “This was a fun read, about an ecentric father and his creulty to his sons. Definatly a wild ride through the Amazon.”

  Cheryl T wrote this review Thursday, January 24 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 1 stars

  “Douglas Preston usually writes with his partner Lincoln Child. Together Preston and Child have authored some thrilling books, such as The Relic, Reliquary, Riptide, and Thunderhead. So I was looking forward to Mr. Preston's solo effort with relish. After having read The Codex I have one all-consuming thought:
  
  Douglas Preston owes me $7.99.
  
  The premise behind The Codex is as follows: Maxwell Broadbent, richer than Croesus and ethically challenged art and antiquities dealer, is dying. So he spirits all of his vast fortune to a secret location and challenges his three sons to find his tomb-whoever finds the fortune inherits it.
  
  This book is a tomb of sorts itself-it must be where old cliches go to die. Some examples: of course the three Broadbent brothers each decide to seek the treasure alone, because of course they don't get along with one another. Of course there is a beautiful scientist one of them falls in love with. Of course she is engaged to another man. Of course there is a wise old bush guide who helps them on their journey. Etc etc etc...
  
  I could go on, but I don't want to commit a spoiler-most of what I've just told you can be found, in slightly less sarcastic form, on the back of the book. Everything, including the ending, is predictable.
  
  Not recommended”

  Nighthawk wrote this review Saturday, January 5 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “The Codex is an excellent adventure story, detailing the ordeal three men go through to recover their inheritance when there ner-do-well grave robbing father entombs himself somewhere in the world with all of his worldly possessions (most of which are priceless pieces of art and sculpture). Part of the collection is the Mayan Codex of the title, a virtual encyclopedia of Mayan medical knowledge and something that would be worth a fortune to a pharmaceutical company. The father's ex-partner, thirsting for revenge, plans to find the tomb first and get what he thinks is rightfully his--and woe-betide anyone who gets in his way. Overall, the Codex is well written but judging by the blurb on the back of the book, I was expecting more of a race between the sons and other factions (the ex-partner, competing pharmaceutical companies, soldiers of fortune, tomb-raiding mercenaries, etc). The novel does slow down a bit in the middle but really picks up 100 pages or so. Still, it is an excellent story and highly recommended for fans of Preston-Child and high adventure. ”

  DOC-209 wrote this review Saturday, January 5 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 3 stars

  “Pretty good, a little too long.”

  Annie C F wrote this review Monday, November 19 2007. ( reply | permalink )