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Title: Jinn: A Novel by Matthew B.J. Delaney ISBN: 0-312-27670-2 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 24 February, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (53 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: JINN-UINELY SCARY AND WELL DONE!
Comment: JINN cooks...part RELIC, part DIE HARD, part BEOWULF, JINN Starts off with a bang and through 500 pages of admittedly small print, moves like a firecracker. Delaney has a lot of the superb Matt Reilly in his fabulously staged action sequences, and some extremely eerie and spooky moments. The scene that takes place in The Pit is one of the most frightening passages I've read recently. Delaney takes us to St. Petersburg, to Bosnia, in a riveting and frightening explosion of unexpected violence. Jefferson, McKenna and Brogan are fascinating characters, and there are some unexpected twists in discovering who the four demons are. Delaney also blends the past and present in a stunning, harrowing manner.
This book is excellent for a debut, with a young capable writer who will hopefully outdo himself in future endeavors.
Good luck, Matthew!
Rating: 1
Summary: Good start, horrible finish...
Comment: Delaney starts with an interesting premise (though not a particularly original one...see "Relic" and many others) and carries it off passably well for about half of this book. However, about halfway through the book, he seems to completely lose focus (or interest? time to research? whatever), and the second half of the book reads like a bad TV movie script...a *really* bad one. If this is what passes for an impressive debut novel these days, then that's a sad commentary on how bad fiction writing is these days, not anything positive about Mr. Delaney. Read "Relic" if you haven't already if this genre/theme interests you, but skip this entry.
Rating: 5
Summary: Very well done indeed...
Comment: Begins in May 1943:
On a remote island in the South Pacific a squad of United States Marines do battle with the Japanese soldiers on the island. But something else is on the island, something ancient, and it is hunting humans. Bodies begin to pile up. Worse, the demon makes it off the island and onto The Galla, a WWII Merchant Marine Liberty ship. Only to be trapped aboard when the ship goes down.
Continues in July 2008:
Boston Homicide Detective Jefferson and his partner, Lieutenant Brogan, are after a serial killer. Bodies are being found posed and mutilated in bizarre ways. Their investigation will take them in many directions - from a sunken WWII ship, now in a Boston museum, to Blade Island, a prison where the inmates are terrified of something in "The Pit", and a few side trips.
***** Jinn is a dark novel, full of action and suspense. Things just never slowed down. An intense read that had me jumping at any sudden noise. I loved it! This one will keep you engrossed in each dark page. Hard to believe that this is the author's debut novel. Highly recommended! *****
Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.
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Title: Sleeper by Steven Harriman ISBN: 0425188817 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Still Life With Crows by Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston ISBN: 0446531421 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Ice Hunt by James Rollins ISBN: 0060521562 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Codex by Douglas J. Preston ISBN: 0765307006 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 08 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Monstrosity by Edward Lee ISBN: 0843950757 Publisher: Dorchester Pub Co Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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