Peter Hernon (2)

The first half was good, great action, good suspense building, but the last half is dragging. There were also some other problems with the book, particularly the villain. I could not figure out his motives for being a villain. There didn't seem to be any payoff for doing the bad things he did. He was just in there to provide an antagonist. It totally broke my suspension of disbelief.

Ok story. Way too technical. Lots of repetition. Only gets exciting in the last 20 pages or so.

A trashy story about a trashy family by two trashy journalists. If you are from St. Louis, you will love this book. I lent it to a friend of mine who is descenant of the Portner Brewing Company of Alexandria. She devoured it within one day. This one is definitely a dish brew and gossipy stew. Plenty of photographs and family charts to describe who is who, and when and where. A delectable blend of fact, fiction and common knowledge.

Kearsten says: When a huge earthquake strikes the Midwest, devastating the towns and cities of St. Louis, etc., geologists race to prevent the possibility of another, even bigger earthquake. Very fast-paced and exciting, though the characters and their 'relationships' were treated with much less care than the plot (they're pretty wooden)...