Book number 25 is Library of the dead by Glenn Cooper and is available from Amazon and Play.com
By now you probably know I have a habit of buying books on a whim and hoping for the best, not that this is a bad thing, I read a lot of books on various topics and I try to enjoy them all in one way or another. (even if the enjoyment is putting it back on the shelf after reading the literary equivilent of toffee and weetabix.)
When I bought Library of the Dead by Glenn Cooper for once I read the bumpf on the back of the book, saw the sticker Asda had added claiming it wa better than The Da Vinci Code and was impressed. I held out hope that it was as good a story and till about half way through it was. Following the 3 different stories within which all come together at the end was a nice touch... But (and you knew that was coming did'nt you) from about half way maybe a bit further it floundered, the premise of the book was lost within its own pages and the story fell apart before being pushed on to life support at the end and pushed off into the happily ever after world.
It was a shame really as up until the 3/4 way through it was a pretty decent story with a couple of nice twists, the ending though was more than a little contrived, not to mention the story seemed to stutter to a halt a couple of times.
Ive got to say i did enjoy the forst 3/4's but the last bit seemed to have been wrote by someone other than the author, it was like someone else had finished the book as quickly as possible rather than letting the story and the characters play out.
I cant say I didnt enjoy it, but I also cant say I did. It's not better than the da vinci code as was touted on the cover because its completly different both in context and style.
Would I buy it again if the dog ate it, probably not. Would I read it again or give it to a friend to read? yeah probably.
EDIT- I know in my last post I mentioned that there would be a post in which I labled my top ten books of the year. Due to a family emergency I've not been able to get around to it, although now everything is getting back to normal I hope to have it posted soon. sorry for the wait
