It's VERY slow to start, and the "action" doesn't really pick up until after the first half of the book, in my opinion. Please try again. We’d love your help. I absolutely loved Carrion comfort and Terror by Dan Simmons and the Abominable was going to be my next choice but I have read a few bad reviews. Judging from the direction each plot line leads to, the story promotes camaraderie and collaboration. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. It was awesome to re-live my youth. I had forgotten the dark turns these books make. And Dan's earnest explanations in our e-mail correspondence of why it was good for me and my family to suffer the NATO bombing in 1999 didn't help either. And it is one MASSIVE info dump. I think that many will be turned off by that fact alone. A few years later Bantam Books bought this book and gave Montgomery a contract for five more, to inaugurate their new children s publishing division. Carlos arrived three days before you and has not been heard from since. 9-12 year old readers will travel to Kathmandu and explore the Himalaya Mountains, negotiating harsh weather conditions, facing down a band of violent smugglers, following mysterious footprints in the snow, and maybe even finding the Yeti! Once the story really got going for me, seriously a little over half way through the book, it was good. Merci d’essayer à nouveau. A yeti sighting was reported nearby. I saw this originally at the library when I was looking for books for my daughter and was slapped with nostalgia, because I was completely obsessed with Choose You Own Adventure books as a kid, ESPECIALLY the Goosebumps ones. Seemingly innocuous decisions like refusing to take a supporting character with you can have results like the monsoon season lasting longer. I read this with my kids, ages 6 and 8, and they both really liked it. YOU are a kid who likes to climb mountains, so let's hit the Himalayas! Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2010. Or must you be content within limits?”. But over all this book is a good one. Much like House of Danger, La Isla de los Dodos, and No Me Llames Tami, The Abominable Snowman is what I'd call a "solipsistic" Choose Your Own Adventure. Choisissez la méthode d'envoi et achetez l'ebook, Les destinataires peuvent lire l'ebook reçu sur n'importe quel appareil. But holy crap, this was 663 pages long and I think the equivalent of 600 of that was the info dump. It might be an easier book for an early reader to read but again a few pictures are confusing as to what they meant so a child 'could' get frustrated if they are trying to read. This is the first in the long series of Choose Your Own Adventures. Start by marking “The Abominable Snowman (Choose Your Own Adventure, #13)” as Want to Read: Error rating book. He paints him as such an unpleasant, potentially unethical person, but I have found no evidence of this as being truthful. I began this book with high hopes. I'm sure that many readers will find this book frustrating and even boring at times. I finished this one and made no mistakes. It’s not. You and Carlos are on an expedition to the world's highest mountains in the remote kingdom of Nepal to search for the Yeti, otherwise known as the Abominable Snowman. But enough about me! Characters were poorly developed and storyline was exceptionally simplistic and not enjoyable at all. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Putnam's Sons, 1966, ISBN 0-399-60642-4 Charles Stonor, The Sherpa and the Snowman , recounts the 1955 Daily Mail "Abominable Snowman Expedition" by the scientific officer of the expedition, this is a very detailed analysis of not just the "Snowman" but the flora and fauna of the Himalayas and its people. From the role of his avid fan since the early Nineties (I've done my best to popularize Dan's SF endeavors in Serbia and I'd had certain amount of success with it - several publishers had published my translations of his Song of Kali, The Hollow Man, the whole Hyperion saga, Lovedeath...) I somehow took up the mantle of a hair-splitting critic, ever since The Crook Factory, a novel I found subpar, irrelevant and at some moments, frankly, amateurish. [Based on the book’s title, and on Simmons’s earlier novel. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Start by marking “Yeti: The Abominable Snowman” as Want to Read: Error rating book. As choose your own adventures go, this was perfectly fine. I used to stay up to all hours (it was probably seven o'clock) reading and re-reading these enigmatic stories. Refresh and try again. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Things that publishers and editors will never deal with. Il y a 0 commentaire et 0 évaluations venant de France, Livraison accélérée gratuite sur des millions d’articles, et bien plus. We've been gifting him 2 books plus a toy (e.g., Legos) for several years fir both birthdays and Christmas. For readers who enjoyed other titles from the Choose Your Own Adventure series including: Lost on the Amazon by R. A. Montgomery, Chinese Dragons by R. A. Montgomery, and Secret of the Ninja by Jay Leibold. Trouver tous les livres, en savoir plus sur l'auteur. We must get help and come back for Carlos." I began this book with high hopes. The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena was adapted into a Goosebumps Graphix story in September 2006 by Scott Morse. It gets bogged down in all of the historical details that you are talking abo, when i first saw this cover, with its snowy wilderness, i thought "oh, it is a sequel to. Be the first to ask a question about The Abominable Snowman. I believe I have read everything that he has written and enjoyed each and every one. Read for Goodreads 2018 Summer Reading Challenge, Expert Level. Des tiers approuvés ont également recours à ces outils dans le cadre de notre affichage d’annonces. Unable to add item to List. (English Edition). The same with the ending… but I can say that the "Abominable" that the t, Dan Simmons is another of my favorite authors. Raymond A. Montgomery (born 1936 in Connecticut) was an author and progenitor of the classic Choose Your Own Adventure interactive children's book series, which ran from 1979 to 2003. I survived. It just isn’t his best. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of. Pour obtenir l'appli gratuite, saisissez votre numéro de téléphone mobile. Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2019, Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2011.

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