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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A really twisted sequel to The Sentinel.,
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This review is from: The Guardian (Paperback)
More or less picking up where The Sentinel ended, The Guardian: Sentinel 2 has a married couple move into the still haunted apartment complex built upon the rubble of the demolished brownstone from the previous story. While knowing who the sentinel is and what she is there for robs the story of the first's rich vein of suspense and mood, author Jeffrey Konvitz compensates by throwing some stunning curve balls in the story's latter half. While nowhere near as compelling, not to mention frightening and seemingly confusing, as the first novel was, The Guardian nonetheless offers an entertaingly twisted story that almost satisfies. Almost because the book reads like the middle part of a trilogy that never materialized, oh well it's still worth hunting down.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Tricky Thriller,
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This review is from: The Guardian (Paperback)
You will enjoy reading it;because, nothing happens as you expect it to. I thought I knew the predictable storyline, so I presumptuously guessed what would happen throughout this book and kept drawing the wrong conclusions each time. As with 'The Sentinel', the ending of this novella is gonna' get ya'.
1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
very bad sequel to"The Sentinel",
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This review is from: The Guardian (Paperback)
Most sequels tank...this sequel to Konvitz's successful thriller"The Sentinel"is no exception...it is awful..It picks up right where the original left off,which is a plus,but then things go rapidly downhill from there...Konvitz kills off all of the crossover charecters from the original very very quickly,and the plotline is the same as the original,but with more blood,gore and pyrotechnics...And at the very least,in the original the premise was a novelty,but here,in the re-hash,with the same plot elements once again in use,it is like reading the same novel all over again...
Add to this the sorry plot device wherein catholics who are mentally ill,or otherwise mentally incapacitated and attempt suicide,are portrayed as"sinners"deserving only of eternal hellfire UNLESS they sacrifice themselves in the service of a church known more for its evils(like,for example,the inquisition)than for any real christ-like compassion or forgiveness... Don't waste your time...if you have read the first book already,reading this sequel is an exercise in needless repitition...
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