Gideon's Corpse

Author – Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child

ISBN – 978-1-4091-3316-2

Publisher – Hachette

Price [ Paperback ] - £ 12.99

Review –

               If you were to ask me to give an example for the old saying ‘ DON’T judge a book by its cover ‘ , the first answer that would e coming out of my mouth would be ‘Gideon’s Corpse’.

     I was entirely fooled by the front cover and the summary of the story of the story on the back cover. But this book follows the same routine storyline of a protagonist chasing a criminal but ends up getting framed and now he becomes the hunted and he tries to clear his name while at the same time he tries to catch the perpetrator . I'm sure you would have read a 100 books which more or less follows the same storyline . Hell , you would find this storyline even in many of the Hardy Boys , Nancy Drew , Famous Five books [ No offence to those books . They are a great series of books for the younger age group ] . 

        But the idea of Preston and Child following the same storyline for a books which is aimed at a older age group is lame . The only difference is the backdrop and the scenario of the story . This is the poorest excuse to an electrifying thriller book I have ever read! 

To sum it up –

The Negatives –

1 – Same old storyline

2 – Lacklustre plot

3 – Very Predictable

The Positives –

     Only one I’m afraid ..

1 – The authors’ style of writing is good .  

Rating – 5.5/10

Comment –

     If you are new to the genre of thrillers then you would find this book kinda riveting . But if you are veterans like me then avoid this please..!!