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Loading... Darwin's Blade (2000)by Dan Simmons
None.  mulliner | Nov 15, 2009 |  I have come to the conclusion that Dan Simmons doesn't know how to write a bad book. Some authors...fade...over time. Simmons is consistently good, regardless of the genre he's writing. This novel is firmly planted in the thriller category, and is obviously set up for sequels. Sometimes that's a bad thing, but the characters Simmons establishes here are likeable, quirky and interesting. Just enough of their back story is revealed to give their personalities depth and substance without being beaten over the head with exposition. I'll be more than happy to read any subsequent novels featuring Dr. Darwin Minor and his adventures in accident reconstruction. Oh. And the story is good too! Mucho mayhem and excitement, some laugh-out-loud funny dialogue, a little romance, a lot of intrigue...nearly perfect. Read it. (  ) avanta7 | Apr 25, 2009 | hyperpat | Dec 6, 2007 | Having enjoyed Ilium and Olympos I was surprised by how cliched and dull is Darwin's Blade. Maybe it gets awesome after page 185, but that's where I gave up. A vehicle-accident analyst, haunted by a tragic past (dead wife! dead baby!), gets into spectacular car chases in his high-performance sportscar while dodging bullets from the Russian maffia. Meanwhile, yawn-worthy sexual tension mounts between our hero and a female detective. Some boring stuff about insurance fraud. Stilted dialog, unbelievable characters who seem to have no inner life but just do stuff that moves the plot along. Felt like I was reading a halfhearted book rendition of a mediocre action movie. Instead of 0 stars, I give it 1 star because it contains math formulas along with an explanation of the forensics of a hit-and-run accident, which I thought was kind of cool. (  ) juniper | Jun 24, 2006 | no reviews | add a review
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Mind you, this is one Simmons' thrillers. I absolutely adored his science fiction/fantasy novel, Hyperion.