Roger's Reviews > The Hunt for Atlantis

Ouch. Sometimes I finish a book because I want to save you, Constant Reader, from making the same mistake. And this is one of those times. I really took a bullet for you when I read The Hunt for Atlantis, which should really be titled The Generic Hunt for Atlantis. As the legal precedent does not exist to allow me to sue author Andy McDermott and get back the time I spent reading this novel, I will have to content myself with getting a pound of flesh with this review. If you've ever wanted to read something that perfectly encapsulates every cliche endemic to a particular genre then the The Hunt for Atlantis is for you. Cookie cutter characters and a tendency to violate both the laws of physics and suspension of disbelief complete the mix. There was not a twist I did not seeing telegraphed. Tell me Constant Reader what do you think happens to every trace of the fabled Atlantean civilization before the book is over? *Sigh* I wager you know the answer to that question. And that was the problem I always knew what was coming next. Take my advice: go read James Rollins instead. His books are what this book should have been but wasn't. Rollins takes the classic tropes of adventure fiction and makes them his own. McDermott just recycles them. This is a series I will not be reading.