Scarecrow - Matthew Reilly

I wonder when L Frank Baum created 'Oz' whether he knew the impact the work would have. Did he realise that one of the greatest musicals of all time would be adapted from his books? Did he know the influence that the books and film would have on popular culture would cause waves for decades? I cannot imagine that he did. The simple idea of having a Tin Man needing a heart, a Lion needing courage and a Scarecrow needing a brain has been in countless homage from horror films to concept albums. The idea is that although these creatures thought they lacked something important it turned out that they possessed the thing all the time within. It's a shame that Matthew ...  Read the complete review

After I had read Matthew Reilly's first novel 'Contest' and enjoyed It, I decided to buy some of his other books which Included Scarecrow. The first thing that I should say about this book is that if you are going to take it seriously, just don't read it. Its fiction and that Is precisely what the author wanted readers to get out of this book, its pure fantasy and if you just go along with it you'll enjoy the ride. Plot So what is this novel about? Well Scarecrow rejoins the adventures of Captain Shane SchofIeld who was in a couple of his other books. It starts out with SchofIeld (call sign: Scarecrow) on a mission In Siberia which goes terribly wrong ...  Read the complete review

I recently had a swap request on readitswapit.co.uk and out of pure boredom randomly agreed a swap by shutting my eyes and pointing, as I had turned down the previous five requests due to a lack of choice. Two days later, Scarecrow by Matthew Reilly turned up. "Breathless action.....Explosive stuff" the Daily Mirror comments shouted out on the back cover and coupled with the synopsis I was actually quite intrigued and looking forward to what looked a promising read. Now I had never heard of Matthew Reilly but this was his fourth novel with them all seemingly being best sellers. Given he is an Aussie then this may mean that he reached the ...  Read the complete review