Books I've Read (2008): Scarecrow

[coprime]

You know what's a really effective way to motivate yourself to read? Be away from home for a month and try to ward off homesickness by reading rollercoaster ride books.

Scarecrow (Shane Schofield #3), by Matthew Reilly: Yeah, I read book three in the series first because the store didn't have book one, and I thought Scarecrow sounded more fun than Area 7. Which worked out fine since I don't care about spoilers, and the book stands on its own well. It was a very, very fun book too! I kept being reminded of this one scene from Die Hard 4 where Bruce Willis launches a car into the air and takes down a helicopter with it. It's a scene that's really awesome to watch while it's also comepletely ridiculous, and the entirety of Scarecrow is like that.

Seriously, at one point a guy gets microwaved to death, it's awesome.

Comments

[glenraven.livejournal.com]

How do you get microwaved to death?!

[coprime]

One of the bad guys built a room with several large microwave emitters in the wall. Here, let me quote you the most awesome bit:

As the humming noise hit fever-pitch, his little brother's chest just burst open, his whole rib cage blurting outward in a disgusting spray of blood and gore.

[glenraven.livejournal.com]

huh somehow I thought it would be written cooler, I mean you coulda said an alien was being born in his chest and it woulda been the same LOL.

pretty gross though

[coprime]

Well, there's build-up and stuff too, but I didn't want to type out five pages. Also, the book is sort of written in a way to make boys go, "Whoa, cool!" if that makes sense.

[delurker.livejournal.com]

:( Sorry to hear you're homesick. *hugs*

I'm glad you enjoyed Scarecrow, though! I love love love this book and it's great to pimp it out to someone else. :) It is more fun than Area 7, and it probably stands alone better too (although A7 does have a brief sidetrip into space - no, seriously - which is hard to beat).

Seriously, at one point a guy gets microwaved to death, it's awesome.
Trufax! I love all the implausible deaths.

[coprime]

Thank you. I was going to say I wasn't homesick anymore because I was home, except then I got called to work. But it's not so bad because it is very busy work.

Oooooh, space sidetrip. That does sound seriously awesome.