So Disappointed

I've always loved Jack McDevitt's books. He may not be the best writer, but his plots are always good and he's just a great storyteller. Which is why it pains me to say that his latest book Time Travelers Never Die, is a huge disappointment. Flat characters, flat descriptions, a plot which could have gone somewhere but did not...it was bad all the way around. I had to go reread Polaris to reassure myself it was the same author. You want a good read? Go read Polaris and skip Time Travelers.

I can't really pick on Zombieland just because I don't like Zombies. It was just really hard too watch-I found out that apparently while I have a high tolerance for violence, I have a low tolerance for zombie with gore coming out of their mouths and a desire to eat people. No offence zombies, I guess I have a weak stomach for that sort of thing. That said, it was very entertaining and everyone was good except the lead, who I found annoying.

What was good? Scotland, PA was awesome. A retelling of MacBeth in a small town in Pennsylvania, it was great. Joe Macbeth goes from being an amiable fry cook to an ambitious murderer, Patsy MacBeth goes from being an ambitious server to a woman slowly losing her mind. Played by James LeGros and Maura Tierney, it has parts that are genuinely funny and parts that are genuinely chilling. It may be the best story of MacBeth I've seen.

What was also good was The First Rule by Robert Crais. I've always liked Crais-his Elvis Cole series is very good. But this is Joe Pike book, which is a little different. Is it more violent? Yes. And Pike doesn't have Cole's sense of humor. But he does have a strict moral code and he always enforces it, so when some violent criminals kill his old friend, his wife family and the nanny, Pike takes matters into his own hands. It's all good.