Seven Deadly Wonders discussion

This story has a great set of main characters which from further reading the reader may become attached to. This story is an action packed thrill ride with clever dialogue and extremely intense "tomb raiding" scenes. In the end if you were to read this book right now your mind would literally explode.

Is this the same book as Seven Ancient Wonders?

If it is, it's followed by two more books, Six Sacred Stones and Five Greatest Warriors.

I have read everything Matthew Reilly has written, but much prefer the Scarecrow books to the Jack West Junior novels.

The one thing you can't say about Reilly's books, they're never slow or boring!

Scarecrow is a better lead, as Riley says Jack West Jr was more pitched at his younger / adventure readers whereas Scarecrow, as daft and over the top as it is, has a little more savagery and threat about the plot

Wonders i read, and it was fun, but i only got half way through Sacred Stones

Sandyboy wrote: "Scarecrow is a better lead, as Riley says Jack West Jr was more pitched at his younger / adventure readers whereas Scarecrow, as daft and over the top as it is, has a little more savagery and threa..."

I found Sacred Stone hard going in places.

This was my first Matt Reilly book. And it got me hooked to the guy big time.

Sheer pace and the pages literally fly. Even compels slow readers to up their reading speed. MR is the true master of edge-of-the-seat thriller rides!!

Roger wrote: "Is this the same book as Seven Ancient Wonders?

If it is, it's followed by two more books, Six Sacred Stones and Five Greatest Warriors.

I have read everything Matthew Reilly has written, but..."

yes it is the same one. Just differently named for different countries. For example, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone is the same book as Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, just different countries.

I really enjoyed this. I thought it was a return to his better work a la Temple and Ice Station.

Dave

Yep, loved the overblown Ice Station. He effectively wrote a 500 page continuous battle, which was completely incredible.

An animated series of the Jack West Jr books would rock.

Barbara wrote: "An animated series of the Jack West Jr books would rock."

It would be like a another version of Indiana Jones haha that would be so cool.

i know at one stage he had sold the rights to Contest to be made into a movie, but yeah, either the JW jr or the Scarecrow books would be great movies, animated shows

They're practically movie scripts already, the way he writes action is very visual.

true...I remember reading Contest back when he self-pubbed it in 1996(ish)...and was immediately addicted

has anyone read Reilly's most recent book, Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves. i read it in about 3 days because it was just so amazing. i recommend it to fans of Matthew Reilly

Nobody writes action scenes better than Reilly! They are SO FAR over-the-top that you can't stop yourself from reading. Scarecrow is a great character, too!

Just finished this yesterday and I enjoyed it. I am still more of a Scarecrow girl, but it was very good!

I have read all his books but I prefer the Scarecrow ones. Temple and Ice Station are the best. I love the fast pace.

Has anyone read "Scarecrow Returns" yet? It's on my TBR list.