Indiana Jones and the White Witch

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Summary: Is this really Indy?
Review: I just started reading the Indiana Jones series and was quite impressed with Rob MacGregor's rendition of our favourite acheologist. His stories were quite interesting, and were able to keep me turning the pages as I delved deeper into his plots. However when I picked up Martin Caidin's Indiana Jones and the White Witch, I was terribly dissapointed with it. Not only was the storyline dull and long winded, but the character of Indy just isn't the same. He's incredibly moody here, and he doesn't even have a good chemistry with either Gale or Caitlin. To me, this novel was just 'blah'. Sure there were some action scenes, but nothing intrigued me like MacGregor could. To me, it seemed that Sky Pirates(also written by Caidin), and the "White Witch" focussed too much on technical and non-archeological adventures. To me, that does not sum up a very interesting Indiana Jones. One thing that I liked about MacGregor's books, was that they always had a referrence to Indy's earlier adventures. In two instances, Caidin does nodd to the novel "Dance of the Giants", but that is all. There are no fleeting thoughts of his friend Jack Shannon, or his deceased love Deirdre Campbell, and no mention of Marcus Brody. I like continuity, but Martin Caidin seems to throw it all out the window. All in all, I found this book to drag, and I forced myself to read it as fast as I could just so that I could move on to the next novel. I do hope that Max McCoy's novels will be somewhat more uplifting than Caidin's attempts.

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Summary: Not Indiana Jones Worthy Author
Review: The book could be alright if it wasn't an Indiana Jones Book. I have read all 12 Indy novels, and the two by Caidin were brutal. They have nothing to do with Indiana Jones' charachter or the plots from the other books. I reccomend the Indy novels by MacGregor and McCoy, but don't bother with these one's, it will ruin it for you.

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Summary: An Awesome book with a very good storyline
Review: This book is one of my favorites in the Indiana Jones series. It isn't Indy crawling through some jungle. He is chasing down a group of killers who terrorized an Wicca village in New Forest. I thought Gale Parker was an exciting adition to Indy in this story. A wonderful book. Go out and buy it!

Rating:
Summary: An Awesome book with a very good storyline
Review: This book is one of my favorites in the Indiana Jones series. It isn't Indy crawling through some jungle. He is chasing down a group of killers who terrorized an Wicca village in New Forest. I thought Gale Parker was an exciting adition to Indy in this story. A wonderful book. Go out and buy it!

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Summary: Indiana Jones? Really?
Review: This book was very interesting and certainly impressive as far as storylines go. The problem I ran across, however, is that Indy just doesn't seem to be in character in this novel. Caidin doesn't really capture the personality of Indy in my opinion. When I read MacGregor's novels, I can all but hear Harrison Ford's voice in my head and see him as Jones. In this book, it seems like the hero is someone else with the same name. Sorry, the book is good though, it just isn't Indiana Jones.