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Loading... Regina's Song (2002)by David Eddings, Leigh Eddings
None. NIL   rustyoldboat | May 28, 2011 |  So much glorious potential... wasted. A good setup, building toward a climax that comes out of left field and is incredibly cheesy. If I'd written this I would have taken it in a far darker direction. Great concept, blah execution in both plot and characters. (  ) Konran | Jan 12, 2011 | Blah. Set in the early part of the newest century, it reads and sounds like the characters are speaking in the early 1970s. If you look at Eddings' bio info, the main character shares a lot of life experience with Eddings. Far too much extraneous detail - menus of dinners where nothing much is said are related in detail - and when there is action, it's over so fast, it feels like you've missed something. Further, the foreshadowing was woefully heavy handed, making most of the plot "twists", predictable; the biggest "twist" was spoiled in the summary on the back of the book. I should have just read the back - it would have been a time saver and I would have gotten about the same overall experience. (  ) puckrobin | Jan 3, 2011 | While this was a rather predictable story, the personal and down to earth writing style are refreshing. Overall this was an enjoyable read. (  ) seldombites | May 15, 2008 | Written in the first person I found this book to be overly wordy. To much descriptive prose. To many unessential details that made for a boring read. Though once you get down to the meat and potatoes of the story it becomes interesting. But overall I'd say that there is probably 200 unnecessary pages of babble. Out my great respect for its authors, I forcibly finished this novel. But in my honest opinion, David & Leigh Eddings ought to stick with what they do best... fantasy. ( ) Lame | Mar 6, 2008 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0345448995, Mass Market Paperback)Regina and Renata are truly identical twins. They are so strikingly alike, even their mother can't tell them apart. Since their DNA is identical and their infant footprint records were lost by the hospital, no one can be sure which is which. This doesn't bother the twins. In fact, they're inseparable--until one of the young women is murdered. The other has no memory of the event, no idea who she is. In her near-total amnesia, she can remember only family friend Mark, who has always been a surrogate big brother to the twins. And Mark finds himself fearing that the effects of the trauma don't end with amnesia, for now a series of vicious murders terrorizes Seattle, accompanied by the howl of wolves....A perhaps-supernatural thriller, Regina's Song is also a novella-length idea padded to 400 pages of novel. It may please young-adult readers, but it won't satisfy many experienced thriller fans. The plot twists aren't all that numerous or complex, and the cutesy dialogue in this turn-of-the-millennium novel seems more suited to the 1950s. --Cynthia Ward (retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:28:25 -0500) A brutal serial killer stalks the Seattle nights. Regina Greeleaf was one of the victims. Her beautiful twin sister, Renata, is deeply traumatized. Renata barely knows she's alive. She talks only rarely, and then always in twin-speak, the special language she and Ragina had made up long before they'd learnd to speak English.Mark is Renata's friend and post-trauma protector. With his help she seems to be coming to terms with her loss but the number of murders rises and Mark has some dreadful suspicions. If he says anything it's guaranteed to send Renata back to hospital. But if he doesn't, there may be blood on his conscience...… (more) |
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