Book Review – The Two Lost Mountains by Matthew Reilly
AN INCREDIBLE VICTORY
BUT AT A TERRIBLE PRICE…
Against all the odds, Jack West Jr found the Three Secret Cities but at a heartbreaking cost.
His beloved daughter Lily, it appeared, was slaughtered by Sphinx in a cruel ancient ritual.
TO THE MOUNTAINS AND THE FALL!
With his rivals far ahead of him, Jack must now get to one of the five iron mountains-two of which have never been found-and perform a mysterious feat known only as ‘The Fall’.
Although what is this object on the moon that is connected to it?
A NEW PLAYER ARRIVES
Amid all this, Jack will discover that a new player has entered the race, a general so feared by the four legendary kingdoms they had him locked away in their deepest dungeon.
Only now this general has escaped and he has a horrifying plan of his own…
My rating:
I received the book from the publisher via Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.
High octane, ridiculous, and full of wonder. Reilly continues to impress and amaze with these books.
One of my favourite things about this book, and its predecessor, is that Jack is scrambling to catch up. This is particularly clear here and definitely something that changes the fight in the books. It almost feels like he can’t possibly catch up to all the other factions.
One thing that for me made the book harder was that there were just so many competing forces. Sometimes that works, but here I felt it wasn’t quite working. With Jack being so behind as well, it really felt impossible.
It was also interesting for Lily to be out of play through the book, and to spend so much time with Alby, who is just excellent. However we did get a lot of there being two or three teams doing stuff, and that meant we missed out on seeing them all together 🙁
We also see Jack deal with loss and especially the loss of his guiding figures. That will be interesting for the final book, I think it’s really going to have an impact there.
I love that the action picked right up where three secret cities left off, despite the wait between books it really made it feel like they were much closer in release!
A note I’ve seen made is that this book focuses less on puzzle solving, which is true, but we still do get a focus on finding the sites themselves and what is actually going on.
The ending is madness. The whole book is basically building up to the labyrinth, which is sort of sad but fine (though I was so caught up I didn’t realise how close to the end I was to realise that the labyrinth was never going to be in this book). And the way the got there was hilariously improbable but also impossibly fun.
Honestly, the final book is going to be SUCH a wait. I know it will be amazing and just wish it was here already 😂
Buy The Two Lost Mountains from Waterstones.
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13 Comments
Blue
Hello my love
Lorraine
Ooh, I’m intrigued by this. May have to seek out the first one!
Booksandlemonsquash
Yessssssss. They’re ridiculous but brilliant
Nicola Chard
This sounds amazing! Will check out the first book ASAP, so glad you enjoyed it!
Booksandlemonsquash
Omg yay!
Literary Leisha
Glad you enjoyed this one! 🙂
Ellie
Glad you loved this! It’s another I’ve never heard of
Booksandlemonsquash
Yeah Matthew Reilly is a bit of a cult author ngl
Kirsty
I’ve not heard of this one but it sounds really interesting, glad you enjoyed!
amyjanealice
Ok so I haven’t heard of this series but after reading your glowing review I’m definitely intrigued!
Booksandlemonsquash
Yessss it’s ridiculous but addictively brilliant
Hannah Kaye
I’m glad to hear that you enjoyed this one!
BookMeSomeTime
This one sounds intriguing !!