Helpful Score: 2
I started this book, but had a hard time following it. It wasn't what I thought, or maybe it was me. I was expecting this really great mystery and it was a boring history book.
Helpful Score: 2
Truly one of my "top ten" books. It is complex, entertaining, mysterious, with great characters, puzzles, love stories, etc. You'll love it!
Helpful Score: 2
I liked this book. I thought it a little hard to follow the story line at times. The characters were numerous and jumped back and forth in time. But I liked the action and the mystery was good.
Helpful Score: 1
If you're into chess, this fast-paced mystery is for you!
Helpful Score: 1
Interesting, and loaded with historical info, but very difficult to follow. Not a book I would recommend to a friend, unless they understood chess very well and had an excellent knowledge of the French Revolution.
Helpful Score: 1
A Hidden Gem. I loved this book. It is detailed, and complex. I highly recommend it.
Thiss book receives raves and has great reviews. I could not get into it. Perhaps becuase I know nothing about chess; perhaps because I have no interest in chess? It's obviously a good book, but not one I could get into.
Great suspense! If you liked The DaVinci Code, you'll love this book.
Great for fans fo the DaVinci code. Ancient conspiracies unfold in modern times.
Really fascinating read -- combines mystery with chess and history. Absolutely enthralling.
Loved it! Couldn't put it down until the end. Full of adventure and twists for the intelligent, likeable female heroines with a smidgen of romance.
I really enjoyed this book, it is a very unique love story or stories!
A complicated but intersting storyline...A mystery with a lot of history thrown in. Sometimes hard to get through.
This is one of my all time favorite books because it is so complex. It is not a beach read, but one where you can lose yourself. Written in two time frames, during the French Revolution and modern day, the action switches back and forth and is sometimes a little hard to follow. But this is well worth the time to pay attention. It is astonishing that this is the author's first novel. The story is so intricate and characters are so well developed, it was a pleasure to read. The story of the chess set and its parallels to the characters will stay with you for a long time.
A historical thriller, with puzzles and mysteries galore.
From Matthew Pearl, author of 'The Dante Club': "Readers thrilled by The Da Vinci Code will relish the mult-layered secrets of The Eight."
'People' wrote: "With alchemical skill, Neville blends modern romance, historical fiction, and medieval mystery...and comes up with gold."
'People' wrote: "With alchemical skill, Neville blends modern romance, historical fiction, and medieval mystery...and comes up with gold."
Good fun. Better than The DaVinci Code IMHO.
