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The Neptune Vortex
A mystery long hidden along Cemetery Road. An occult thriller! Following local rumours of a long-ago massacre and buried gold, young Chinese-Australian astrologer, Lian Song embarks on a search for the truth of the fate of her ancestor, an imperial Gold Amban and his lost treasure. A multifaceted, occult mystery set in Australia, Hong Kong and Yangshuo-China. In which the characters are caught in a time vortex, during recent devastating floods in Queensland, the 1860s Gold Rush and the Chinese Taiping Rebellion. With the help of her friends in Murphys Creek, Master of the Enneagram, Lian uses this ancient paradigm and astrology to search for the lost gold. The plot of The Neptune Vortex was designed with the enneagram, it's characters with the aid of astrology. In his companion-ontology, the author presents, deconstructs the novel and in narrative form, an abstract mathematical theory about the source of inspiration at the heart of our calculated universe.
330 pages, Paperback
First published February 26, 2013
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May 28, 2020
Actual Rating 2.8 Stars
Not an Astrology text book but still has a lot of info dumping.
I am definitely not the target audience for this book. I think this is created purely for budding astronomers and not readers.
I enjoyed the first third of this book. The characters were intriguing and I was excited to see how astrology played into the Queensland floods of 2011.
The premise of this book held so much promise and for someone who actually knows a fair amount of astrology this probably would've been a 4 star read. I am not that person.
I thought it would be a lot more newbie friendly. In all honesty the multiple 2-3 page monologues describing charts and enneagrams caused my eyes to glaze over and I recall the info dumps vaguely. However, now when I see charts depicted in modern pop culture, I know what the planets are, how the sun signs work on a very basic level, the houses and that midheaven is a thing. So I guess I did learn something after all.
The characters were ok to begin with but all seemed to mesh together when they spoke. I had to reread to really figure out who was saying what, when. There was no depth or individuality to them.
Katie was introduced as a hard working but pretty fun cool Christian farm girl who I thought was cool and then as soon as another female is involved she turns into this massive ants bitch?! It didn't seem to fit in with her character earlier or it wasn't shown or mentioned prior. She went from zero to 100 real quick and not in a good way.
The jumps through time were fine and easy enough to follow. I didn't understand the point of the planets little paragraphs. I thought they were going to really impact the plot somehow and was held in anticipation for omething that never eventuated. The story wouldn't be any different if they were never there. I spent the whole time wondering why they were there and at the end thought "What was the point" and was a bit disappointed.
Based on the back blurb, I thought there would be a lot more to do with the floods in qld 2011. It appears briefly at the end of the book and the wording about being trapped in a time vortex was off to what actually happens. In a astrological/astronomical way I suppose it was, but when I picked up this book I thought it was more literal.
Again I am definitely not the key audience for this. If the author had worked with an actual writter/story teller, this could've been really enjoyable. But, as it stands it was a text book with the authors agenda wrapped in a pretty wrapper of fantastical words.
Not an Astrology text book but still has a lot of info dumping.
I am definitely not the target audience for this book. I think this is created purely for budding astronomers and not readers.
I enjoyed the first third of this book. The characters were intriguing and I was excited to see how astrology played into the Queensland floods of 2011.
The premise of this book held so much promise and for someone who actually knows a fair amount of astrology this probably would've been a 4 star read. I am not that person.
I thought it would be a lot more newbie friendly. In all honesty the multiple 2-3 page monologues describing charts and enneagrams caused my eyes to glaze over and I recall the info dumps vaguely. However, now when I see charts depicted in modern pop culture, I know what the planets are, how the sun signs work on a very basic level, the houses and that midheaven is a thing. So I guess I did learn something after all.
The characters were ok to begin with but all seemed to mesh together when they spoke. I had to reread to really figure out who was saying what, when. There was no depth or individuality to them.
Katie was introduced as a hard working but pretty fun cool Christian farm girl who I thought was cool and then as soon as another female is involved she turns into this massive ants bitch?! It didn't seem to fit in with her character earlier or it wasn't shown or mentioned prior. She went from zero to 100 real quick and not in a good way.
The jumps through time were fine and easy enough to follow. I didn't understand the point of the planets little paragraphs. I thought they were going to really impact the plot somehow and was held in anticipation for omething that never eventuated. The story wouldn't be any different if they were never there. I spent the whole time wondering why they were there and at the end thought "What was the point" and was a bit disappointed.
Based on the back blurb, I thought there would be a lot more to do with the floods in qld 2011. It appears briefly at the end of the book and the wording about being trapped in a time vortex was off to what actually happens. In a astrological/astronomical way I suppose it was, but when I picked up this book I thought it was more literal.
Again I am definitely not the key audience for this. If the author had worked with an actual writter/story teller, this could've been really enjoyable. But, as it stands it was a text book with the authors agenda wrapped in a pretty wrapper of fantastical words.
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April 24, 2013
An excellent story that combines love, mystery, power and adventure, a really griping tale that holds you to the end. The author tells a great story of East meets West and skillfully uses his characters to explain the logic and arguments of Astrology.
Similar to the Da Vinci Code It is a book that makes you think past your current thoughts and beliefs. It has enough fact and explanation to make you think past “Newspaper Astrology”. Before I read this book I was very skeptical (as most people) of Astrology. But whilst reading I questioned myself and my beliefs. Is there something to this that I previously hadn’t considered?
If Astrology has ever intrigued you, you must read this book.
April 2013Derk Vanderbent
Similar to the Da Vinci Code It is a book that makes you think past your current thoughts and beliefs. It has enough fact and explanation to make you think past “Newspaper Astrology”. Before I read this book I was very skeptical (as most people) of Astrology. But whilst reading I questioned myself and my beliefs. Is there something to this that I previously hadn’t considered?
If Astrology has ever intrigued you, you must read this book.
April 2013Derk Vanderbent
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