The Abominable: A Novel
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.43 (662 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1619693054 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 24 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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*IF* you like reading about climbing Sarah B If any of these things don't apply to you, you may not enjoy the book.1. You love reading gripping mountain-climbing stories, like K2 and Into Thin Air2. You don't mind a relaxed development pace--you're content to dive into the background. This is not a read-in-one-night thriller--it's 673 pages, and if you've read The Terror, the pace is very similar. That said, I did always feel that there was enough of an impetus to keep me reading, to find out exactly what extraordinary . Suzie Weis said In defense of The Abominable I've read this and The Terror and love both!. This was a fantastic read. I read The Terror a few years back and was blown away by it, so I was eager to try this one when I heard of the similar premise about a group of men banding together for survival in the cold unknown. It was amazing in the first book, so why not this one?I'm very baffled by all the negative reviews here of this book. The general consensus seems to be that everyone here loved The Terror but found The Abominable to be slow, exhaustive, and far-fetched.. Mel said Indescribably Powerful Story. I just finished reading The Abominable and feel deeply moved by this amazing and surprising story -- which is apparently not really by Dan Simmons, and not really fiction. If you read this book, you MUST read Dan Simmons' introduction or prologue to truly understand the rest of the story's context. The story has everything a good adventure tale needs, and the ending offers several powerful surprises. If, like me, you are not a mountain climber, you may find some sections a li
Everest. But lovers of Simmons&'s blend of alternate history, mystery, and myth will appreciate this three-act thriller set in the interwar years. Young American alpine climber Jake is invited on a recovery mission to find Percival Bromley, a British lord who vanished on Mt. From Publishers Weekly 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. Can murder and carnage be fully explained by the evil of men? Is a supernatural threat looming over the expedition? 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. But amid the wash of detail, Simmons plants crucial facts and conjectures about early-20th-century Europe that won&'t pay off until
Young Bromley must be dead, but his mother refuses to believe it and pays the trio to bring him home. Deep in Tibet and high on Everest, the three climbers -- joined by the missing boy's female cousin -- find themselves being pursued through the night by someone or something. They arrange funding from the grieving Lady Bromley, whose son also disappeared on Mt. ALA Reading List Award for History, Short ListA thrilling tale of high-altitude death and survival set on the snowy summits of Mount Everest, from the bestselling author of The TerrorIt's 1924 and the race to summit the world's highest mountain has been brought to a terrified pause by the shocking disappearance