Reviews for Scavenger

The average rating for Scavenger based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-04-17 00:00:00 Sandra Fauna I really wanted to like this book. No, I'm not just saying that! I really really really did. But I couldn't. It was boring to me. But it was full of action, you're saying. Yes. Yes it was. But the action parts were BOOOOOORRRRRRIIIIIIINNNNNNNGGGG! Here's the deal, there is a psychopath who wants to enact some revenge against one of his old foes (cliché), so he sets up an elaborate scheme to get his nemesis and his girlfriend to go to a meeting of historical architecture (I'll buy it); once there, he knocks them out with a spiked juice concoction (again, cliché). When the man revives, the girl has been kidnapped and he is left with a note asking if he would like to play a game (where have we heard that one before?). But this game isn't one of survival for the man; it is one that is closely related to video games--think if reality TV and XBOX had a love child. Okay, I'll admit, this premise sounds pretty cool. Plus, I've really liked most of David Morrell's other books that I've read. But by the time I got around to page fifty or so, the story had stalled in too many info dumps and flashbacks. And the ending. Don't get me started. It was one of the worst endings I have ever read. Two stars for some of the innovative scenes, and the beginning: Hiring actors and actresses to play the roles of historical architecture buffs, and then convincing them to go along with a practical joke from an "old friend" was priceless…the Gamemaster did have a sense of humor. WASTE OF TIME (but you may like it)

Review # 2 was written on 2013-11-16 00:00:00 Marion Dale Bowen, Jr. I made it to page 100 of 368 of Scavenger before making the executive decision to shut this one down. I think the decision to bill this book as a sequel to Creepers was a poor one. Completely different type of story, and way too pulpy and unbelievable to continue. Skimmed through to the end and it didn't seem to improve in the slightest. David Morrell's characteristic wonderful writing is absent in this book, and seems as though he took a bare-bones plot and tried to patch it up with hundreds of boring and barely rewritten factoids pulled from the internet. Comparisons in other reviews have been made to the movie Saw, but I think if you want an example of the best execution of this particular plot, watch the movie CUBE.