Gatorman’s Comments (group member since Sep 27, 2010)

Gatorman’s comments from the Pendergast Task Force group.

Just purchased Two Graves. Hope to start it soon.

Just finished Extraction. A rather pointless short story. Gave it 2 stars.

Thanks. A lot of the reviews had problems with the ending.

Has anybody read the new Lincoln Child book The Third Gate: A Novel yet? I've seen very mixed reviews from readers on another site and was curious what people here thought of it.

Thanks. Thought I was missing something!

David wrote: "Hi Michelle. Welcome to our slightly crazed corner of the world. I tripped over Pendergast when I picked up a copy of Still Life With Crows and have been hopelessly addicted ever since. I have Two ..."

I searched my Nook and didn't find it anywhere. How did you preorder it?

Tara wrote: "Leroy wrote: "Kirby wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "I was thinking Johnny Depp as well. I often, as most probably do, cast a book while reading. I think Depp is a fantastic actor, with the right make-up,..."

I thought Relic was a pretty good movie, and I loved the book. It was entertaining enough and kept the basic premise of the movie intact. Not having Pendergast was disappointing but it didn't make the movie suck, IMO.

I read Utopia, Terminal Freeze and Deep Storm by Child and they were all good. I read The Codex and Tyrannosaur Canyon by Preston and didn't like either one.

Carole wrote: "Gatorman wrote: "Gideon's Corpse got some bad reviews from PW and LJ which usually love their books. Sounds even cornier and over the top than Gideon's Sword. Think I'm gonna skip this one as I w..."

Publishers Weekly and Library Journal.

Gideon's Corpse got some bad reviews from PW and LJ which usually love their books. Sounds even cornier and over the top than Gideon's Sword. Think I'm gonna skip this one as I wasn't crazy about the first one.

On the "Ask Preston & Child" group yesterday, DP and LC stated they could see a younger Christopher Walken or, now, Johnny Depp playing Pendergast.

The movie is set in Chicago because the administration of the Museum of Natural History in NY refused to allow the film's producers to film there as they felt the book was unflattering to them.

I read the book and saw the movie and enjoyed them both, despite the movie's divergence from the book. It is well-made with a good cast and director and special effects by Stan Winston. Worth a view.

Me, neither. A little more effort and the middle book could be interesting but it always seems to be the case that it just ends up as filler.

Exactly. It suffers from "second book in trilogy" syndrome.

Just finished the book. Gave it 3 stars. Would have given it 3.5 if I could. Ended really well but meandered for too long a period to really get into it all that much. Nice cliffhanger finish to set up the final part of the Helen trilogy.

I am about two-thirds through and although I like it, I am not loving it. Seems to be suffering from middle-book-in-trilogy syndrome. Unlike other comments I have read, I am not finding the characters to be all that interesting this time around, and Corrie is downright obnoxious and annoying as hell. Hopefully the ending is as good as people are saying.

I would choose Still Life, then Relic.

Just downloaded it on my Nook and will start reading it tonight. Looking forward to it.

I read both Alienist and Angel and thought both were excellent but never felt a similarity to the Pendergast novels.

Currently reading . Haven't read any books similar to the Pendergast books that I can think of.