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The Hollow by Nora Roberts
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bookshelves: nora_roberts, 2008

I didn't love this book, but I don't hate it either. I was dissapointed in it. I was excited for this book to come out. I really enjoyed the first of the trilogy, Blood Brothers, and had high expectations for this one, but it seemed to fall flat. Maybe I was expecting to much, but this installment just didn't excite me. The ending seemed anticlimatic, like something was missing. I hope in the final book, The Pagan Stone, that we see more action. We are given descriptions of all the stuff that has happen in the past, but nothing that we see comes close to that.
Hopefully The Pagan Stone will bring that excitment and terror to us.
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May 10, 2008 – Finished Reading
May 11, 2008 – Shelved
May 11, 2008 – Shelved as: nora_roberts
May 27, 2008 – Shelved as: 2008

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message 1: by Teresa (new)
May 13, 2008 10:37AM

Teresa Burgess It almost seemed like a build up for the third book. I kept waiting for something to happen. I thought that more would happen with Layla and Fox to overcome what happened earlier. I hope that we do have more action in The Pagan Stone. Glad someone else felt the same way I did.


message 2: by Betty (new)
May 17, 2008 06:53PM

Betty I lost my book for a few days and after finding it still haven't gone back to finish. It's moved very slow for me which is unusual for a book by Nora. Granted, I have been very distracted with my kid's school and BF issues, but my lack of interest in finishing this book has surprised me.

With some trilogies, each story line stands alone to the point you can read only one of the books and still feel satisfied. With this series you pretty much have to stay in order and read them all. In this case, being the middle book puts the Hollow at a disadvantage, imo.


message 3: by Teresa (new)
May 18, 2008 08:05AM

Teresa Burgess Glad I'm not the only one who felt this way, and even on ADWOFF, people are tiptoeing around this issue. Seems like a lot of others feel this way also.


message 4: by Betty (new)
May 18, 2008 05:10PM

Betty I agree. You're not seeing the typical praises for Nora's books with this one on the fan message board.

I finally finished the book last night after putting it down, then picking it up, over and over. Before the last one comes out I'll have to skim through the first two and see if that makes a difference. Perhaps I would have enjoyed it more if I was caught up in the story line. I'm not sure though.


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