"What do you get if you cross Indiana Jones with Dan Brown? Answer: David Gibbins" -- the review by the 'Mirror'. Well, not quite... it does have some of the makings of Indiana Jones, but less intense. Also some of the ingredients of Dan Brown, but less suspense. I liked it a little better compar...
Är lite besviken på den här boken. Den saknade den fart och action som gjorde att jag fastnade i den första boken och som gjorde den andra relativt bra. Det blir för långa partier med fakta/information och inte så mycket spänning. I de 2 första böckerna lyckades han bättre med att väva samman inf...
The blurb on the back says "think Indiana Jones crossed with Dan Brown." I appreciate not everyone would see this as praise, and I know it is one of many "artefact-hunt" type books that have sprung up since The Da Vinci code. However, for me the difference here is the subject matter, dealing with...
I have to give Gibbins high marks for this one. It is a great treatise on war and the human condition hiding behind the mask of an adventure novel. It jumps from our main characters to Heinrich Schleimann and his digs in Troy and Mycenae, to Germany in the waning days of World War II. Gibbins tie...
The story was decent. I guess that is why I got back to these even as they frustrate me. The concepts are good, and there is even some good, like the background written as flashbacks. But the dialogue continues to turn into lectures: "Rembember when in profesor so and so's class""Oh yeah,...." f...
Quando, na altura, li a sinopse deste Ouro dos Cruzados, confesso que fiquei bastante entusiasmado com esta mistura de romanos, judaísmo, vikings, nazis e até segredos do Vaticano! Tudo apontava para uma aventura "histórica", um dos meus géneros favoritos, numa busca por um artefacto histórico d...
Title of this should be: “I have a theory about that,” said Jack.” If you’re into the sport of extreme military and general science-in-action reading, then this is for you. Don’t get me wrong, I love science and archeology, but after only 20% into the story, I was already mind-numb from all...
Why do I do it? This is my third book by David Gibbons—and I like them less and less. I keep thinking: a real archaeologist writing an adventure novel, how perfect. If I were smart enough I would BE an archaeologist. I also want to be Dirk Pitt or Kurt Austin. So what’s the problem? He’s a good w...