Review: Disappointing
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 26, 2014
The story started off with a promising locale and a promising idea... but fell flat.  The ending was like a crop duster suddenly dropping a million dollars right in your lap.  It was completely unexpected, but not in a good way.  It involved an extremely fortuitous find that the characters weren't even looking for.  It could have been a part from a different book.One of the big problems was the arbitrary sprinkling of commas.  For example:  "Suture, Malcolm's wound."  (And the guy's name was Malkovich, not Malcolm.)  It really was like someone threw a bunch of commas in the air and they were left where they fell.  On top of that, all the characters repeatedly used proper names in normal conversation.  It sounded so unnatural.  If you are alone with one person, is it really necessary to say the person's name before your every comment?  Not to punctuate a tone or emotion; just to say the name.  This isn't from the book, but an example:Joseph:  "Drake, where have you been?"Drake:  "Joseph, I've been here."Joseph:  "Drake, I didn't see you here earlier."After a while, it got annoying and sounded disjointed, enough to pull you out of the story.  And all the characters did that.There was also a lot of repetition, like telling us that the expedition leader was very concerned about the welfare of his team.Not one of my better buys.