The Third Translation (Abridged): A Novel Audiobook

" Although it had undertones of The Da Vinci Code...i still loved this mystery. "

" eh...not so much. this book was very so-so, in my opinion - too much (not terribly informative) information on ancient Egyptian languages and too little of everything else. not much of a plot, very little character development, a lot of blah. i was really hoping this would be a good one! but alas. "

" I liked it, but it missed the mark somewhere towards the end. Yeah, Egyptologists and archaeologists and linguists and museum people are all messed up, and Yes, the weirdos who trail around behind with their theories are totally nuts, but come on...really? So much stuffed into the first 2/3, only to peter out at the end. "

" Interesting view into the world of egyptology, archaelogical finds and cuneiforms. Downside, I didn't warm up to the main character throughout the majority of the book--he's socially inept, hierglyphic obsessed and annoyingly oblivious to his self-absorption--I was just as irritated with him as were his ex-wife, young adult daughter and never-got-off-the-ground new love interest. "

" I thought the plot was thin. "

" This book took me forever to read. It was well written, but the plot NEVER goes anywhere! The whole time, you are waiting for something to happen and it doesn't. It's called "The Third Translation", but nothing is ever really translated. There's this entire side story with the main character and his daughter that really could have been left out because it adds absolutely nothing to what tiny bit of a story there actually is. I'm surprised I actually finished this at all. I guess I just kept hoping something would happen and it never did. And the book just kind of . . . ends. Pointless and stupid waste of time. "

" Just didn't live up to the review. Left me wondering what I missed. "

" Weak. The storyline seems that it could be exciting, but overall the novel is quite weak. A fairly typical mystery with a lack of excitement. "

" I can appreciate how much Egyptology research must have went into this book, but the story was slow and absurd. The writing was fine - but man, where was the editor?! "

" Great Premise, just poor execution. "

" I picked up this copy at Building 19 for less than $3. It is an odd tale, a sort of collision of otherworldly academia with fantastic but sordid events from the "real world." I don't really know how to classify it. I enjoyed it, but not inordinately. "

" Slow to start and way too much build that never goes anywhere. I wish there had been more about Egypt and a conclusion. I was disappointed the story is wrapped up in the epilogue. "

" I picked this up back when it was published, mainly from the eye-catching cover and the interesting-sounding plot. Instead, I found out this was full of extremely uninteresting characters, and the lack of punctuation really threw me off at the time. I've never felt like picking it up again. "

" again, just skimmed the last 100+ pages. not that it was necessarily bad, I just wasn't in to it. the main character was too annoying to care about. "

" I thought I would never finish the book, the main character was very blah, and didn't seem possible he could be that stupid. One good thing - some of the Egyptian terms have come in handy for crossword puzzles. "

" don't waste your time. Decent storyline, but the roundabout way to get there was awful. so much pointless descriptions. "

" I listened to the abridged audio book and was disappointed. The story lacked continuity and seemed to loose it's way. The main character's ineptness, in all situations, was more annoying than endearing. "

" The story in this book was completely chaotic and confusing and the writer wrapped it up too easily. It could have been good but needed a good editor and some rewriting. "

" I liked this book for the way it was written. It flowed beautifully. "

" Started out pretty good, but got slow and pedantic. Overall, not very satisfying. "

" I should have heeded the Amazon reviews - a nice idea, but done in by ponderous philosophizing, pointless villains, and a complete lack of plot resolution. "

" This book was better than I was expecting it would be. The ending was a little rushed. Nice light reading, similar to Dan Brown. "

" This book was well-written, but I just couldn't make myself care about all the trouble the protagonist got himself into by drinking, drugging and generally being irresponsible. I kept waiting for him to show some redeeming qualities, but it never happened. "

" Eh, not many comments about it. Just "ok" "

" LOL! I really liked this one, but my book group HATED it!!! Oh well, what can I say, girls? :0) "

" I listened to the abridged audio book and was disappointed. The story lacked continuity and seemed to loose it's way. The main character's ineptness, in all situations, was more annoying than endearing. "

" This book was better than I was expecting it would be. The ending was a little rushed. Nice light reading, similar to Dan Brown. "

" don't waste your time. Decent storyline, but the roundabout way to get there was awful. so much pointless descriptions. "

" again, just skimmed the last 100+ pages. not that it was necessarily bad, I just wasn't in to it. the main character was too annoying to care about. "

" I cannot recommend this book as I felt it rambled and by the close of the book the issues facing the main character were not addressed. I will probably never read another one of Matt Bondurant’s books. "

" Weak. The storyline seems that it could be exciting, but overall the novel is quite weak. A fairly typical mystery with a lack of excitement. "

" I wanted this to be so much better than it was. "

" Too much swearing and sex...and the writing wasn't making up for it. I tossed it after about 50 pages. "

" I picked up this copy at Building 19 for less than $3. It is an odd tale, a sort of collision of otherworldly academia with fantastic but sordid events from the "real world." I don't really know how to classify it. I enjoyed it, but not inordinately. "

" LOL! I really liked this one, but my book group HATED it!!! Oh well, what can I say, girls? :0) "

" Although it had undertones of The Da Vinci Code...i still loved this mystery. "

" eh...not so much. this book was very so-so, in my opinion - too much (not terribly informative) information on ancient Egyptian languages and too little of everything else. not much of a plot, very little character development, a lot of blah. i was really hoping this would be a good one! but alas. "

" I thought the plot was thin. "

" I picked this up back when it was published, mainly from the eye-catching cover and the interesting-sounding plot. Instead, I found out this was full of extremely uninteresting characters, and the lack of punctuation really threw me off at the time. I've never felt like picking it up again. "