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<From The Wall, Monday, March 10, 2008 >
CD, hurled Predatory Game by Christine Feehan against The Wall.
The reasons were:
Here in this book, you have a very dangerous assassin who can kill w/a touch. A perfect weapon if she didn’t end up violently ill and rolling in pain each time she engaged the enemy. But I couldn’t help noticing she was able to stand in the midst of a violent thunderstorm w/lightening flashing and having no repercussions, but she’s violently ill when pulling a trigger on a gun? Or in hand to hand combat? Come on! If Mother Nature doesn’t take her out, than anything man-made surely shouldn’t have the drawbacks as it does. By all accounts the psych abilities should only be affected when in use; so why the pain when she is in hand to hand combat or is firing a weapon? This doesn’t make sense to me.
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MeToo added:
Feehan's female characters are often very VERY weak IMO and are written only to prop the males in their over the top testosterone posturing, bellowing, flexing etc and so forth in that manner. It's very disheartening to see the 'seeds' of great female characters and then to be so bitterly dismayed when all you get are the weeping, whimpering, wailing Mary Sues. UGH.
Lesli added:
I also hurled it, because she keeps calling Jess' daily wheelchair a "racing wheelchair." My son IS a wheelchair racer, and had she done her research, she'd KNOW that a daily chair is NOT a racing chair. A racing chair is a specially designed, 3-wheeled chair. Also, her POV devolved into head-hopping.
CD added:
Thanks for the suggestion on a series. I will read one to see if it's something I'd like.
Denise added:
Have to agree with Anne, I really liked it. Nature wouldn't bother her, it doesn't have the psychic kick-back that involvement with a human mind has for her. That's what causes her trouble, the grief/anguish she feels when involved in life or death situations with people. But I have a rec for you. Try the Tara Janzen "Crazy" series. I think it has some similarities to the Ghostwalkers but without the paranormal/psychic hangups.
Anne added:
I loved it. I love all the Ghostwalker books. It was fast and exciting and the hero is hot.
BZHAnne added:
I too gave up on her Ghostwalkers. Her research into psychic abilities did NOT bear fruit. But even though they have become repetitive, I am still hooked on the Carpathians *deep sigh*.
CD to Sarah added:
Yes, I did finish the book, but skipped pages throughout. There were just too many discrepancies to enjoy the story.
Violet added:
I gave up on this series (GhostWalkers?) a long time ago. I just couldn't get into it. Everyone (both heroes and heroines) is just too angsty. I got tired of their fantastical problems/psychic crosses to bear. I'm still holding out hope for the Drake Sisters series. Probably because there should only be a finite number of books (7 and done, I hope!). Having an end in sight is not necessarily a bad thing. I'm on the fence about the Carpathians. Every book is just more of the same. Been there, done that. I do love them so, but if you can't give me something new, then I think it's time to wrap things up.
Sarah added:
Could you finish the book? I could not make myself, it went to the UBS yesterday. I hate paying good money for something I don't like.
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