Thunderhead

De: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Narrado por: Scott Brick

Nora Kelly, a young archaeologist in Santa Fe, receives a letter written 16 years ago, yet mysteriously mailed only recently. In it, her father, long believed dead, hints at a fantastic discovery that will make him famous and rich - the lost city of an ancient civilization that suddenly vanished a thousand years ago.

Now Nora is leading an expedition into a harsh, remote corner of Utah's canyon country. Searching for her father and his glory, Nora begins to unravel the greatest riddle of American archeology. but what she unearths will be the newest of horrors.

©2000 Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (P)2010 Hachette

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Spellbinding as ever." ( Kirkus Reviews)

It roars

Really worth it, although looonnnng. Scott B. does a good job on this one, brining each character to life. Wasn't sure where this story as going to go, and it did go far. Perhaps abit drawn out, it still held me, and I recommend it.

Not my favorite

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

This story seemed to take a LONG time to get going. I nearly stopped listening a couple times because it just seemed to be going nowhere..slowly. Finally I had enough time invested that it seemed a shame not to finish the thing off and get to the end. Also, finally the story picked up enough that I had some interest.

I did hang in there and was glad to see the heroine achieve her goal. It was also interesting to see how some basic human traits were portrayed and played out.

What was most disappointing about Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child ’s story?

The story felt like it took a long time to develop. I did not really ever engage with the characters and felt they were rather 1-dimensional in their development. I would have loved to have heard more of the history and archaeology involved. While that would have made for a longer book, I think it would have added to it overall.

Did Scott Brick do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

Initially the falsetto voices of the females was annoying..and well, honestly...it stayed that way.

Could you see Thunderhead being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

If it was I doubt i would watch it.

Only one

Only one thing anoied me in this book and it stuck out because I have a degree in pharmacy. Amphotericin B is antifungal not antibiotic. Antifungals are used to treat fungal-infections and antibiotics are for treatment of bacterial infections. Amphotericin B is not affective against bacterial infections. Liked the book , will deffenetly listen again.

Douglas Preston was my grandma's neighbor!

Nora's Basset Hound, Thurber, was inspired by my grandma's Basset, Andale, haha. Great story too!

Darker than what i normally read

Decent story. I see little to no value of so many dead animals though. And more people died than necessary. Trite IMO, that only the main protagonist and one other survive.

I almost didn't bother to finish. Other readers will likely enjoy the story line. The reader was very good. I sped up to about 1.2. I don't like very slow reading.

Love Scott Brick and the story was fun!

I love a women Indiana Jones and it has adventure, Murder, suspense. Very good read and different from everyone else. I read the second Nora Kelly book and it was horrible because they added a FBI agent and terrible narrator.

Outstanding read

Preston and Child continue to excel in great story lines with very interesting characters! I enjoyed the story and the research that went into the writing of this book.

Story gets to predictable in places

This is a good summertime read if you’re looking to escape from our hell on earth to this one 700 years ago.

Over the top narration and plot earthquakes

How tediously dramatic the reader was and how long everything took unnecessarily. It could have been good without the ridiculous over "skinwalkering" of the story. Oh and next time you plan a flash flood make sure it does not go UP the Canyon but rather down the canyon ok?

it's a fun ride rather addicting

so it's not Tolstoy so it's not bricks finest work it was still fun. I enjoyed