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I feel drawn to writing a review of the first 11 chapters of this book. I'm in the middle of it. When I finish it I might want to add to or amend the review. Spoiler alert.

A good action story generally needs a good villain. Think Sauron, there's a good villain. Think Cruella DeVille. Cruella is a nice tidy name for a villain. By chapter 11 we get a glimpse of Alexander Sparks. Alexander as in Alexander the Great, Sparks as in Hell. But Sparks isn't necessarily an evil name, so we can also have a good guy named Jack Sparks, Jack being a pretty innocuous name, salt of the earth. So we have good old Jack and his big brother who thinks he's Alexander the Great.

The #1 thing an author needs to do is hold your interest. Mark Frost does that. I'm interested in finishing the book. Anything I write here that is not 100% complimentary needs to be seen in that context. The book holds my interest, so in that sense, mission accomplished, as a bush once indicated in Iraq. Well done, George, good job, you sure cleared that mess up.

My #1 quibble is the Freudian matricide-patricide-mommy rape. I think we're kind of more or less sorta establishing that Alexander the Great is a bad guy. Good guys don't do that. When was the last time you heard of a good guy raping his own mommy and murdering his mom and dad? Even Oedipus didn't do it knowingly, and he never really raped his mommy. He married her, not knowing the blood tie, as the story goes.

The reason I have a quibble about that turn of events is that while it is a bit extreme, it doesn't have nearly the emotional impact of a bratty king smacking his wife Sansa around in Game of Thrones. Compare the two events. In GOT you have a man smacking and bullying a young girl. In 7 you have a nut raping his mother, killing his mother, and then killing his father, which to me is a ... ummm ... well a bigger thing. And yet, in this book, we just read about it and turn the next page, no big deal. Okay, fact, the bad guy is really bad, now turn the page. The emotional impact is just not there at all. As Jimi Hendrix said, shoot her one time for me, Joe.

I stopped reading Game of Thrones after 2 or 3 books and never watched the HBO series because it is just too damn sickening for me to take. I'm not praising it for making so many sickeningly cruel scenes. I consider that a deal breaker and it prevented me from continuing to the end. I'd rather the author RR something just told us, as Mark Frost did here, that hey, the brat king smacked his stupid little wife around a little, so you can get on to the next page. Hey, Alex effed his mommy and killed his mommy and daddy, now what's for dinner?

Okay, he's a bad guy. Got it.

Another quibble that I have is that it has been going too heavy on the high class English thing. Smooth as Cary Grant. Heroic as 007. Too cool for school. I never daydreamed of myself as Sherlock Holmes with a cool cigar making cool analyses of crime scenes. We like our books to be things we'd like to place ourselves in, and we like our heroes to be in parts we ourselves would like to play. Pip pip, cheerio, stiff upper lip, fight them on the beaches and all that.

Now that I've quibbled a little, I need to honestly say that I intend to finish this book because it has grabbed my attention.

Later -

Now that I've finished the book I will upgrade it to 4 stars. It's a fast paced story with a couple of memorable characters. I'd like to see Mark Frost do a book that explains not only the appearance of Hitler, but also the appearance, at the same time, of Stalin, Mao, and the Japanese military, all of whom were clearly demonic. Why did Satan roam the earth so powerfully during that generation? There are no accidents. Mark, how about you and Sherlock get together and figure out why Satan roamed the earth so much at that time? Why did Mao supervise the starvation murders of tens of millions of Chinese people so that he could play Mr Big Shot in eastern Europe, giving food to the hungry in Hungary while starving to death his own people? The man was clearly a psychopath and a servant of the devil. Why did Stalin plan a new Holocaust to wipe the Jews off the planet, a nuclear war with America, and a new purge of Soviet leaders? It's a good thing he did, because that got Beria to murder Stalin, to save his own life. Why did the Japanese commit such unspeakable atrocities throughout China and to the POWs? Why did Satan walk the earth then? Let's go, Mark, expand on the topic of this book and explain Satan's rulership of earth in mid 20th century. Who else could be trusted with the topic?


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The List of Seven Mark Frost 9780380720194 Books Reviews

I was a bit concerned in the early pages as the book seemed like it might be stuck in "period English", i.e., 19th century literature. This faded away, or maybe I just got used to it - it was a very different style that Frost's The Second Objective that I had just finished only a few hours prior to beginning this. I found it delightful, charming, funny, deep, suspenseful and I'm seeing a lot of what I interpret to be Frost's influence in Twin Peaks - on a non-related note. Frost is an incredibly gifted writer and the depth of detail in both this and The Second Objective illustrate his mastery and intelligence.
This is one terrific Victorian thriller. It's one of those rare books that does seem to have everything--adventure, suspense, excitement, romance, history, some supernatural doings, a touch of humor and a wonderful cast of characters. The main character is a young Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle, years before he became the celebrated author of the Sherlock Holmes stories. The young doctor uncovers a dark plot to take over the throne of England and with the help of an eccentric secret agent of the queen and a beautiful young actress, Doyle sets out to thwart the forces of evil.

What follows is one of the most cleverly written, fun books I've read in a long time. It's a real page turner and I would highly recommend it to any reader who likes off-beat thrillers or anyone who enjoys stories set in the fog-shrouded streets of Victorian England.
I am not normally a fan of horror books, often finding that the protagonists bring it upon themselves by metaphorically "going down to the basement to check on the strange noise." This book had the protagonists chase and be chased by the horror, while creating a lot of loose ends that could be addressed in sequels. There are a number of overly long explanations and expositions. There are also a number of "Quick! To the Laboratory/Museum/Library!" hokey dash-off moments. All in all, not a great book, not a bad book. It's a period piece, taking place in London and surrounding cities in the 1880s, but I never got a sense of time or place. To be honest, it probably lost a star just because it's not my normal taste in books
This is my ultimate favorite book of all time, and I really only bought a hardcover copy because my paperback version was falling apart from excessive use (I read it usually 1-2 times a year and loan it out to at least 3 people a year, this book is well loved). It is the perfect combination of suspense, humor, intrigue, darkness and light, occult, supernatural, historical, tragic, emotional, thought provoking, non-stop awesomeness that you could ever hope to find in a single book. It doesn't get old, it doesn't drag, it never fails to excite, amuse, and in some cases horrify you. Even after all the many many times I've read it, there are still parts that make me cry, and even more that make me laugh. Every character has something you love about them, an amazing rapport that brings comedy into some really suspenseful moments, and villains that are evil and charismatic that you love to despise.

Side effects may include people having to wave a hand between your face and the book to get you to acknowledge their existence (and you might have the urge to bite them for interrupting), saying things like, "right after this paragraph" for about 15 pages before you can bear to put it down, missing your bus as a result of being completely absorbed, and a sudden urge to read all of the Sherlock Holmes books to hunt down various instances referenced in this book.
I feel drawn to writing a review of the first 11 chapters of this book. I'm in the middle of it. When I finish it I might want to add to or amend the review. Spoiler alert.

A good action story generally needs a good villain. Think Sauron, there's a good villain. Think Cruella DeVille. Cruella is a nice tidy name for a villain. By chapter 11 we get a glimpse of Alexander Sparks. Alexander as in Alexander the Great, Sparks as in Hell. But Sparks isn't necessarily an evil name, so we can also have a good guy named Jack Sparks, Jack being a pretty innocuous name, salt of the earth. So we have good old Jack and his big brother who thinks he's Alexander the Great.

The #1 thing an author needs to do is hold your interest. Mark Frost does that. I'm interested in finishing the book. Anything I write here that is not 100% complimentary needs to be seen in that context. The book holds my interest, so in that sense, mission accomplished, as a bush once indicated in Iraq. Well done, George, good job, you sure cleared that mess up.

My #1 quibble is the Freudian matricide-patricide-mommy rape. I think we're kind of more or less sorta establishing that Alexander the Great is a bad guy. Good guys don't do that. When was the last time you heard of a good guy raping his own mommy and murdering his mom and dad? Even Oedipus didn't do it knowingly, and he never really raped his mommy. He married her, not knowing the blood tie, as the story goes.

The reason I have a quibble about that turn of events is that while it is a bit extreme, it doesn't have nearly the emotional impact of a bratty king smacking his wife Sansa around in Game of Thrones. Compare the two events. In GOT you have a man smacking and bullying a young girl. In 7 you have a nut raping his mother, killing his mother, and then killing his father, which to me is a ... ummm ... well a bigger thing. And yet, in this book, we just read about it and turn the next page, no big deal. Okay, fact, the bad guy is really bad, now turn the page. The emotional impact is just not there at all. As Jimi Hendrix said, shoot her one time for me, Joe.

I stopped reading Game of Thrones after 2 or 3 books and never watched the HBO series because it is just too damn sickening for me to take. I'm not praising it for making so many sickeningly cruel scenes. I consider that a deal breaker and it prevented me from continuing to the end. I'd rather the author RR something just told us, as Mark Frost did here, that hey, the brat king smacked his stupid little wife around a little, so you can get on to the next page. Hey, Alex effed his mommy and killed his mommy and daddy, now what's for dinner?

Okay, he's a bad guy. Got it.

Another quibble that I have is that it has been going too heavy on the high class English thing. Smooth as Cary Grant. Heroic as 007. Too cool for school. I never daydreamed of myself as Sherlock Holmes with a cool cigar making cool analyses of crime scenes. We like our books to be things we'd like to place ourselves in, and we like our heroes to be in parts we ourselves would like to play. Pip pip, cheerio, stiff upper lip, fight them on the beaches and all that.

Now that I've quibbled a little, I need to honestly say that I intend to finish this book because it has grabbed my attention.

Later -

Now that I've finished the book I will upgrade it to 4 stars. It's a fast paced story with a couple of memorable characters. I'd like to see Mark Frost do a book that explains not only the appearance of Hitler, but also the appearance, at the same time, of Stalin, Mao, and the Japanese military, all of whom were clearly demonic. Why did Satan roam the earth so powerfully during that generation? There are no accidents. Mark, how about you and Sherlock get together and figure out why Satan roamed the earth so much at that time? Why did Mao supervise the starvation murders of tens of millions of Chinese people so that he could play Mr Big Shot in eastern Europe, giving food to the hungry in Hungary while starving to death his own people? The man was clearly a psychopath and a servant of the devil. Why did Stalin plan a new Holocaust to wipe the Jews off the planet, a nuclear war with America, and a new purge of Soviet leaders? It's a good thing he did, because that got Beria to murder Stalin, to save his own life. Why did the Japanese commit such unspeakable atrocities throughout China and to the POWs? Why did Satan walk the earth then? Let's go, Mark, expand on the topic of this book and explain Satan's rulership of earth in mid 20th century. Who else could be trusted with the topic?