My Rating: 5 Stars One word: A-M-A-Z-I-N-G What would you do it your crazy billionaire of a father decided to make you work for your inheritance? To go into hiding deep inside a tomb taking all his valuable possessions including a Mayan Codex, with him and giving you the final task of finding him in order to receive your share? That's exactly what happens to three brothers, Philip, the eldest, Vernon, the middle son and Tom, the youngest. They embark on a journey to the ancient Mayan world that will take them into the deep forests of Central America. The race is on between the three bothers and the greedy pharmaceutical companies that will stop at nothing to get the Mayan Codex that contains a very valuable list of plants and their correspondent medicinal properties. Action packed from beginning to end with deadly puzzles and thrilling adventure that will make it impossible to put the book down. The characters are amazing and connecting with them was very easy. In the middle of all the family problems, hilarious conversations and romantic connections, this book is a gem written by Douglas Preston that never fails to impress.
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Pride and Prejudice and ZombiesĀ (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies #1) by Seth Grahame-Smith29/5/2010 My Rating: 4 Stars I was both curious and horrified when I saw this book. I'm a big fan of Jane Austen and Pride and Prejudice is on my Top 10 favourite books. Even so, I decided to take a ride on the wild side. In end, I liked it and ended up buying Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters (still on my to-read list) and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (which I really enjoyed). Pride and Prejudice and Zombies adds a lot more action and it's also quite amusing. Graham-Smith used the original text and when I read it, I barely felt the difference between the original story and his. Loved the idea of the martial-arts training in China and Japan. The Bennet sisters kick some undead ass. Mr Darcy is still very much is cold handsome self, but 10 times more deadly. Absolutely loved the illustrations in the book, even though they are extremely violent at times, but then again so is Elizabeth Bennet. |
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