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Indlæser... The Abominableaf Dan Simmons
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. *** ITA/ENG *** Ero indecisa se scendere a due stelle, ma per ora ne lascio tre in quanto Simmons sa come condurti in una situazione con il cuore in gola... solo che in questo caso ha buttato un po' tutto in vacca e non ho capito perché. Il libro racconta una delle più famose spedizioni sull'Everest, quella dove persero la vita lo scalatore George Mallory e il suo compagno Sandy Irvine. Nessuno sa se siano mai riusciti nell'intento di essere i primi a raggiungere la vetta, e l'unica prova potrebbe essere in una macchina fotografica, mai rinvenuta, come non lo è mai stato il corpo di Sandy Irvine. La parte storica è interessante e si vede che l'autore ha compiuto accurate ricerche, e mentre i protagonisti scalano la montagna sono percepibili le loro difficoltà e il pericolo continuo... finché Dan Simmons non decide che è ora di passare a un finale che 007 spostati, sulla cima di un monte dove ha passato centinaia di pagine a dirmi che anche solo uno sforzo mal dosato può uccidere. Peccato! ************** I honestly didn't expect Simmons to lead me where he did, and I didn't like it. It cheapened a book which, before that point, had completely met my expectations. This is the main reason why I still gave the novel three stars. The narration of the incredible danger that an expedition on the Everest, at that time, must have been is solid. It has a well-renowned historic foundation (George Mallory's last doomed attempt to reach the top of the mountain) and a good amount of research behind it. Just why, oh why we had to dismiss all the build-up of the first three quarters of the book toward the end, in favour of some cheap action? This was a weird one. I've never really been one for historical fiction, though I find I'm reading more of it in the past couple of years. And honestly, if this book had been by anyone other than Dan Simmons, I likely would have passed it by. But having said that, I enjoyed it for the most part. Found out a hell of a lot more about mountain climbing than I ever wanted to, but still, Simmons kept it interesting and the characters drove it. Then somewhere around the two-thirds to three-quarters mark, it took a bit of a left turn into what I could only describe as Doc Savage territory. Much better written, much more depth, but still, Doc Savage. I'm still not sure exactly what I think of Simmons turn with historical novels. I enjoyed Drood, I mostly enjoyed The Terror and I mostly enjoyed this one as well. But none would be up there with my favourite Simmons novels like Carrion Comfort, Summer of Night, or the Hyperion series. But Simmons is a hell of a writer, no question. Even his worst book is always a fun read.
Simmons (The Terror, 2007, etc.) never met an opportunity for allusive terror that he didn’t like, and though his latest is set mostly in the Himalayas, he pays quiet tribute to Poe’s Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym and perhaps Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness, with a dash of Raiders of the Lost Ark for leavening. Even Jake Perry, the fictional travelogue author Dan Simmons “meets” in his latest novel, jokes that his reader may not make it through this “endless stack of notebooks.” But lovers of Simmons’s blend of alternate history, mystery, and myth will appreciate this three-act thriller set in the interwar years.... As usual, Simmons doesn’t answer all the questions he’s raised when the mysteries surrounding the loss of Percy Bromley are resolved, but his fans, like Jake, are sure to enjoy the journey. Hæderspriser
June 1924. On the brutal North East Ridge of Mount Everest, famous adventurers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine vanish into the snow-whipped night. Daredevil explorer Richard Deacon devises a plan to follow in the men's footsteps, accompanied only by two friends. Off piste and with no support team, the three men strike for Everest's peak and the most vicious climate on earth. As the winds rise and the temperature and oxygen levels drop, Deacon and his companions hear howls in the distance. Some dark creature is tracking them up the mountain, sending them scrabbling blindly into Everest's dangerous heights to escape it. Soon they will discover what happened to Mallory's crew - but can they escape the same hideous fate? A gripping thriller by a master of the genre, The Abominable blends historical fact with spine-tingling drama - this is one of the most chilling and unforgettable novels you will ever read. No library descriptions found. |
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In fact, it is quite slow moving and quite unlike a typical Simmons, rather predictable. Moreover, I found all that had to do with early nazism a bit ahistorical and cliched.
Be that as it may, there is some good writing and there are points of interests. It is just not in the league of most of Simmons excellent work.
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