Terminal Freeze

Lincoln Child always delivers. A great story taking place in an arctic environment, which always adds gothic overtones, you can't beat that.
The Reader is excellent, too.
I listened to it overnight in less than 20 hours. In the wee hours, I had to turn it off because when you get sleepy you start to miss the story. So I turned it off, even though I did not have the will to, by myself. I think it was about 4am.
If you are a horror fan, or a fan of Douglas Preston and Child's "Penderghast" stories, you will love this one, too.
Audible has a good number of their audiobooks. Unfortunately a good number of them are 'abridged', which I will not buy. No one should buy abridged audiobooks. Why only get 'parts and pieces of the story?

What you have here is essentially a rehash of John Carpenter's "The Thing", which in itself is a remake, but one where the remake was an improvement. The story is adequate, but not one I'll listen to very frequently, as John Carpenter and the X-files writers did the same basic story already. Yes, it has its own unique wrinkles, but they are never enough to elevate this from a morass of frozen predictability. I see in coming attractions that another Pendergast is coming down the pike, and I'll wait anxiously for it.
Frankly, most of the stand-alone books from this duo are take it or leave it, but I am always happy to keep up with the adventures of Pendergast and his cronies.

I was somewhat disappointed with this one. It had too many parallels to Preston/Child's Relic (which is one of the best of this genre). Same basic plot, same characters (though not as well developed). Scott Brick does his usual fine job of narration.

Despite the many bad reviews, I wanted to like this book because overall I like Lincoln Child. Sadly, the reviewers are right.

The plot is so trite that the word hackneyed is appropriate. Even an old plot can be interesting if it's revived by new twists, but that's not the case here.

The characters are two-dimensional and generally stereotyped. They inspire no emotional connection in the reader at all. Sometimes, it can be satisfying when a detestable character meets the monster, but not even that little device worked here.

Finally, Scott Brick's narration was so horrible that I'm debating if I'll ever listen to another audiobook he narrates. He lifts the pitch of his voice during dialog as if the character is perpetually asking questions. He does it in other audiobooks too, but in this one, it was the nail in the coffin of a book that was dead on arrival.

Lincoln Child is trading on his reputation with this volume, and in my opinion it will not enhance his standing as an author.

I'm glad I bought this book on sale. I do not recommend this audiobook.

I learned to truly enjoy the SciFi channel while I was in college (they always had movie marathons when I should have been studying). If you are like me, and enjoy watching the SciFi channel- you should like this book. I have really enjoyed Child's other books and though I was a bit hesitant to buy this one with all the mixed reviews- I'm glad that I did. I thought it was a good book. Not my absolute favorite, but I was entertained and will definitely listen to it again.

I must start by saying I did enjoy this book, especially the narration, very reliable, but the content was not up to the author's usual standards. I always look forward to the author's books, both solo and with his writing partner, but this was much more fiction/adventure than his usual speculative fiction. Don't get me wrong, I did have funand can recommend it, but it was a little lite compared to other books he has written.

I hesitated on purchasing this book based on a lot of negative reviews. I thought, there is no way a Lincoln Child book could be that bad. Wrong! Trust the reviews; this is a lousy book with paper-thin characters and plot. Save your credit for the next Child-Preston book due out in May.

I've never read a Lincoln Child book before this one. So I have no basis to judge this book for anything other than what it is. Its a fun thriller. THe plot is okay, the charaters okay, and Scott Brick is excellent. I've given it 5 starts because it actually kept my attention and I didn't want to quit listening and go to bed. So, while its plot is somewhat revisited (like The Blob - and other stories) its still was an entertainingly fun book to hear!

A ridiculous premise wrapped in a predictable plot with annoying cardboard characters.

Nothing original here -- the story of a group of trapped characters chased by a horrible "monster" -- its been told a hundred times before and much better.

This is a poor show from a talent like Lincoln Child. Skip this book and read the Pendergast series instead.

I give it two stars because Scott Brick is the only talent in this endeavor.

I just copied and pasted another members review as I felt that it was completely dead on.

"A ridiculous premise wrapped in a predictable plot with annoying cardboard characters.

Nothing original here -- the story of a group of trapped characters chased by a horrible "monster" -- its been told a hundred times before and much better.
I just copied and pasted another members review as I felt that it was completely dead on.
This is a poor show from a talent like Lincoln Child. Skip this book and read the Pendergast series instead.

I give it two stars because Scott Brick is the only talent in this endeavor."