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Title: Disappointing.....
Review: I am a big fan of Preston and Child. I thought The Cabinet of Curiosities was one of the best books I've read in a long time. I wasn't expecting much of Still Life with Crows and thought that was excellent as well. So, although this is minus Child, I was anticipating the Codex with great excitement. Unfortunately, I was let down.The premise is pretty good, but the story is way too shallow, as are the characters. Most things are fairly unbelievable and the plot just seems get more and more unrealistic as they venture further into the jungle. The love story is completely pathetic. Why even make the love story part of the plot when you are going to devote about 1 full page to developing it, and most of that consists of a sexual encounter in a hut after struggling through the jungle for a week to the point of near exhaustion? I got about 7/8 of the way through the book then decided it was not even worth my time to reach the conclusion.I'm looking forward to Brimstone.
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