This is the first time I've read a book of this genre; I'd describe it as a cinematic adventure.
It's packed with fast-paced adventure and well-written prose.
Highly recommended. If you're looking for a thrilling adventure novel, Matthew Reilly's *Temple of the Gods* is a great choice!

DNF after about 2 and a half hours of the audiobook.

I don't know why, but I just kept spacing out while listening. Might give it another shot with the actual book later, but for now, I've GOT OTHER BOOKS TO READ. Honestly, "Temple of the Gods" by Matthew Reilly just didn't grab me the way I hoped it would. Maybe next time! Looking for fast-paced thriller book reviews? Check out my other reads!

An invaluable Incan idol, hewn from a stone unknown on Earth, holds the potential to obliterate mankind. Its power is a prize worth killing for. A monk's ancient manuscript charts the path to this idol. As military factions clash, vying for control of the manuscript, Professor William Race embarks on a perilous quest to locate the idol before it falls into the wrong hands. But ruthless soldiers and hostile indigenous tribes aren't the only obstacles standing between him and his goal.The narrativ...

Part 3 in a four-book review of Matthew Reilly's novelsContest -> Ice Station -> Temple of the Gods -> Seven Ancient Wonders<= Ice Station.... I couldn't believe it! This, I believe, is Matthew Reilly's third novel, and by now he had devolved almost to the level he attained in the only other of his books that I read.But for now, let's stick with this one. True to his chosen trademark, Matthew Reilly creates a plot which is so far removed from reality that it can't seriously be consid...

Matthew Reilly gets a lot of flak, and honestly, I don't get it. Sure, he's not winning any literary awards, but that's not the point! He delivers exactly what he promises: a ridiculously fast-paced, over-the-top action fest. If you're expecting realism or a plot that makes sense, you've completely missed the boat with his books."Temple of the Gods" might just be the most gloriously absurd and campy thing he's ever written, and I devoured every single page. I freaking loved it. If you can't hand...

Professor William Race, a mild-mannered expert in ancient Latin at New York University, is running late for work, as usual. Little does he know, it's about to be the last dull moment he'll have for days. Colonel Nash, head of an army unit, greets Mr. Race at his office with a "little job": a simple translation of a 500-year-old manuscript. This manuscript is a copy of the original, taken from a French monastery in the Pyrenees by brutal German criminals – Nazis, including the infamous Alberto Sa...

Okay, so I've been struggling to write this review for Temple of the Gods. My plan was to explain the plot without dropping a ton of F-bombs or freaking out about the insane stuff that happened while I was reading it. I wanted to focus on the non-stop action, the plot twists that completely blindsided me... and the Nazis! I mean, Nazis! Do you have any idea how hard it is *not* to shout "OMG NAZIS!"? Nazis with freakin' super machine guns? Seriously tough! And then there are the giant cats! Rapa...

This book was painful to get through. I honestly lost count of how many times I wanted to chuck it across the room, especially during *that exact same moment* (you'll know it when you read it). It's just a mess. The villains are flatter than cardboard cutouts. Their motivations are either completely absent or utterly ridiculous. The core concepts of Thyrium and the Super Nova are so poorly handled, it's obvious Matthew Reilly doesn't know the first thing about nuclear physics. Though, judging by...

Calling *Temple of the Gods* science fiction feels like a stretch, even knowing Matthew Reilly's thing is tech. The snag is... his tech leans way too hard into "magic," pushing his stories – and I've read four now – into this bizarre fantasy zone where fake technology just fills in for actual magic tricks. To dodge spoilers – gotta keep the chance to warn people this might bum them out – let's just say Reilly leans *heavily* on tech as a straight-up *deus ex machina* plot device. It's that conv...

I wouldn't normally have picked up a book like Temple of the Gods on my own, but it was recommended to me by a student, and he even lent me his own copy. The result? I'm considering pressing charges against the student for subjecting me to cruel and unusual punishment. Let me point out that I'm not beyond dumb thrillers. If it's handled well enough, I can't get enough of them. But I do have a problem with thrillers that make me laugh (not intentionally), then wince, then groan, and then finally ...