Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #71384 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 640 pages

Customer Reviews

Need to read the others in the series first
This is not a stand alone book and makes not sense unless you have read the rest of the series. Unfortunately I had not read the rest of the series so am still none the wiser about many of the characters, and there are a vast number of characters. The central plot for this book is dull and not well developed. The authors are more concerned with the series plot, which I imagine means you have to read the whole series to get any sense of character development or any idea what is going on.

Basically, avoid unless you want to read the whole series.

Great ending to the trilogy
This was my favourite of the trilogy and a satisfying end to the plots involving Diogenes, Pendergast's brother. The story rattles along with the usual classical and literary references smattered about. Pendergast is a great character, if a little too "superhuman" at times, and the supporting cast by now feel like old friends. Certainly for the Diogenes trilogy it is best to read them in the right order as a fair bit is taken for granted by this third installment. For a diverting page turner these books really are hard to beat.

Preston & Child do it again
The Book of the Dead is the final installment of the so called 'Diogenes trilogy'.

In my opinion it is the best of the three books and another very enjoyable read from Preston and Child. The atmosphere that they create, especially in the museum, is again very tense and the climax of Diogenes masterplan is very well written and thought out. The description of the Egyptian tomb is excellent.

The relationship and rivalry between Aloysius and Diogenes Pendergast and finding out what happened between the two in their youth, is one of the main focal points of the story. The two brother's share a hatred for eachother and understandable when you find out why.

Not as good as Still life with Crows or Cabinet of Curiosities but still a very good read.

Great to see that they have written the next installment.