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sianw1992's review against another edition
2.0
I went into this book with high hopes, ready for adventure, full of history, mystery and intrigue. The Malice Box had quite a few of these elements, but there was one other massive element, the supernatural.
Maybe I've been a bit harsh on this book simply because it's not was I was expecting but in the end it didn't keep me very interested. I didn't like the characters of Adam Hale, or Katherine and I was pretty much indifferent to the main character Robert Reckliss (which is such an utterly stupid name). I loved Terri and Horace and would have been quite happy if it was just the two of them running around New York.
Here's the point where I will give credit where credit's due. The author describes New York like a person, the buildings, parks, monuments. It made we want to go and see it, taking the book as a guide.
However, for the main part of the books, I was disappointed. I wanted Robert to follow clues to historical places and have to push letters in a certain order for a drawer to pop out and give him a piece of the puzzle. Really I wanted The Crystal Maze in a book. Instead, to pass one trial he had to sleep with someone and by the end I really didn't care if he saved the world or not.
Maybe I've been a bit harsh on this book simply because it's not was I was expecting but in the end it didn't keep me very interested. I didn't like the characters of Adam Hale, or Katherine and I was pretty much indifferent to the main character Robert Reckliss (which is such an utterly stupid name). I loved Terri and Horace and would have been quite happy if it was just the two of them running around New York.
Here's the point where I will give credit where credit's due. The author describes New York like a person, the buildings, parks, monuments. It made we want to go and see it, taking the book as a guide.
However, for the main part of the books, I was disappointed. I wanted Robert to follow clues to historical places and have to push letters in a certain order for a drawer to pop out and give him a piece of the puzzle. Really I wanted The Crystal Maze in a book. Instead, to pass one trial he had to sleep with someone and by the end I really didn't care if he saved the world or not.
snugglor's review against another edition
2.0
I picked this book up to be my easy fluffy read between more serious books but I didn't anticipate how difficult it would be to get through this thing. Ugh. Not brilliantly written and a story that goes off on too many tangents and too many glaring attempts at literary flourish left me struggling to finish this, not to mention that I ceased to care about the story only a quarter of the way into the book.
trisha76's review against another edition
3.0
Robert Reckliss krijgt een voorwerp in zijn handen, die de rest van zijn leven verandert. In 7 dagen moet Reckliss een pad doorlopen om aan het eind zijn beste vriend Adam Hall te redden.
Het pad is zwaar en vraagt opoffering, maar Reckliss beseft dat uiteindelijk het belangrijkste wat hij redt de wereld is.
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Het boek is op veel plekken ontzettend saai en langdradig. Dat het boek 3 sterren van mij krijgt, komt door bepaalde passages die meer aantrekken en waar de spanning enorm was. De juist door deze passages komt er leven in het verhaal. Als dit door het hele verhaal was getrokken had het boek nog meer sterren gekregen.
Ook de visuele beschrijvingen maken het voor het boek toch ook wat goed. Maar mocht ik andere boeken van deze auteur tegenkomen zou ik me heel goed afvragen of ik nog wel een boek zou willen lezen.
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©2007 Martin Langfield,
Originele titel: The Malice Box
©2008 Luitingh~Sijthoff BV. Amsterdam
vertaling: Michiel van Steen
Omslagontwerp: Groovej Ways
Omslagillustratie: Larry Rostant
ISBN: 978.90.245.2227.9
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Het pad is zwaar en vraagt opoffering, maar Reckliss beseft dat uiteindelijk het belangrijkste wat hij redt de wereld is.
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Het boek is op veel plekken ontzettend saai en langdradig. Dat het boek 3 sterren van mij krijgt, komt door bepaalde passages die meer aantrekken en waar de spanning enorm was. De juist door deze passages komt er leven in het verhaal. Als dit door het hele verhaal was getrokken had het boek nog meer sterren gekregen.
Ook de visuele beschrijvingen maken het voor het boek toch ook wat goed. Maar mocht ik andere boeken van deze auteur tegenkomen zou ik me heel goed afvragen of ik nog wel een boek zou willen lezen.
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©2007 Martin Langfield,
Originele titel: The Malice Box
©2008 Luitingh~Sijthoff BV. Amsterdam
vertaling: Michiel van Steen
Omslagontwerp: Groovej Ways
Omslagillustratie: Larry Rostant
ISBN: 978.90.245.2227.9
Paperback
katrinepoetry's review against another edition
3.0
The Malice Box was everything but what I expected. You follow Robert, the main character through his spiritual awakening in an attempt to stop a spiritual bomb from detonating in Manhattan. However, for every weird new information, there is a greate story behind. All in all, it was an interesting read.
fat_girl_fiction's review against another edition
2.0
I went into this book with high hopes, ready for adventure, full of history, mystery and intrigue. The Malice Box had quite a few of these elements, but there was one other massive element, the supernatural.
Maybe I've been a bit harsh on this book simply because it's not was I was expecting but in the end it didn't keep me very interested. I didn't like the characters of Adam Hale, or Katherine and I was pretty much indifferent to the main character Robert Reckliss (which is such an utterly stupid name). I loved Terri and Horace and would have been quite happy if it was just the two of them running around New York.
Here's the point where I will give credit where credit's due. The author describes New York like a person, the buildings, parks, monuments. It made we want to go and see it, taking the book as a guide.
However, for the main part of the books, I was disappointed. I wanted Robert to follow clues to historical places and have to push letters in a certain order for a drawer to pop out and give him a piece of the puzzle. Really I wanted The Crystal Maze in a book. Instead, to pass one trial he had to sleep with someone and by the end I really didn't care if he saved the world or not.
Maybe I've been a bit harsh on this book simply because it's not was I was expecting but in the end it didn't keep me very interested. I didn't like the characters of Adam Hale, or Katherine and I was pretty much indifferent to the main character Robert Reckliss (which is such an utterly stupid name). I loved Terri and Horace and would have been quite happy if it was just the two of them running around New York.
Here's the point where I will give credit where credit's due. The author describes New York like a person, the buildings, parks, monuments. It made we want to go and see it, taking the book as a guide.
However, for the main part of the books, I was disappointed. I wanted Robert to follow clues to historical places and have to push letters in a certain order for a drawer to pop out and give him a piece of the puzzle. Really I wanted The Crystal Maze in a book. Instead, to pass one trial he had to sleep with someone and by the end I really didn't care if he saved the world or not.