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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780778324201
ISBN number: 0778324206
Label: Mira
Manufacturer: Mira
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 464
Printing Date: September 01, 2007
Publishing house: Mira
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A bomb in Rome, a flash of bluish-white light, and photojournalist Josh Ryder's world exploded. From that instant nothing would ever be the same.
As Josh recovers, his mind is increasingly invaded with thoughts that have the emotion, the intensity, the intimacy of memories. But they are not his memories. They are ancient—and violent. A battery of medical and psychological tests can't explain Josh's baffling symptoms. And the memories have an urgency he can't ignore—pulling him to save a woman named Sabina—and the treasures she is protecting.
But who is Sabina?
Desperate for answers, Josh turns to the world-renowned Phoenix Foundation—a research facility that scientifically documents cases of past life experiences. His findings there lead him to an archaeological dig and to Professor Gabriella Chase, who has discovered an ancient tomb—a tomb with a powerful secret that threatens to merge the past with the present. Here, the dead call out to the living, and murders of the past become murders of the present.
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But not great either. This novel is good enough to entertain during a long plane trip or one's daily commute and it does have its page-turning moments. On the other hand, the plot is predictable and the characters pedestrian. Short story -- If you need something to reduce boredom while you travel or wait in some doctor's office, this novel will do the trick, but it will probably not end up on anyone's "best of" list.
Among its good points are that the historical details are interesting and, as far as I can tell, accurate. The author also does a good job of describing the time and place of events, and in this regard her scope is impressive. She appears to capture the feeling of Central Park and other NYC landmarks quite well and also creates a convincing portrait of Rome and environs, both in ancient times and today.
On the not-so-great side, the plot structure is familiar and offers few surprises. The idea of one's past life "bleeding" through to the current life has been done repeatedly, and often more deftly. (Anya Seton's Green Darkness for instance.) And authors such as Diana Galbadon have set a very high bar for the "time traveling lovers" device. Also, the characters are not particularly well drawn and I found their struggles less than compelling.
If, however, you haven't read many novels about reincarnation and/or "romance through the ages" then The Reincarnationist may be of greater interest to you.
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This book pulled me in right from the start with a thought provoking subject layered on top of a murder mystery! MJ Rose did a great job of weaving time back and forth. At very first it was just transforming totally to a different time but as the book continued, the demarcation between the present and the past became less clear.
A good fast read but I only gave it 4 stars because I felt the ending was incomplete. It somehow felt it needed more to the ending.
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I think if you dove into this novel expecting a brilliant piece of literature, you'd be disappointed. I won't bother giving you the plot, that's already been done several times here.
Frankly, I was pleasantly surprised. I've read a few cheap romance novels, and they're really not my thing. However, this moves along pretty quickly with the same type of slightly underdeveloped characters and a few sex scenes just to make sure you're paying attention. I was a little disappointed in the ending, as though the author had reached a word quota and decided to wrap it up.
It's no DaVinci code, but it's better than those romance novels with Fabio painted on the cover.
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Firstly, and least importantly regarding why this book isn't great, are the very frequent typos. If you happen to get into a particular passage, the typos just halt you in your tracks. Secondly, the writing is adequate (in other words "not bad", but there is no passage which makes you say "wow, talented writer") so the story reads fairly easily and is cohesive. Each of the characters are clearly threaded together throughout time (which is germaine since this is a story of reicarnation), which is a good thing. Each person throughout time is clearly drawn. Those points being said, I think it was unfortunately pretty easy to discern who the evil person was right from the start of the book; disappointing fact to say the least. And in case you choose to read this book, I will not give away the ending, but I think anyone who reads to the end of the story will say the same thing: If they dug the tunnel INWARDS, then doesn't it obviously go in the other direction?
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I just found parts predictable while other parts were a bit too fantastic for me.
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