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The Pagan Stone: The Sign of Seven Trilogy | 
 enlarge | Author: Nora Roberts
Publisher: Jove
Category: Book
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Rating:  20 reviews
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 336
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 1
ISBN: 0515144665
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780515144666
ASIN: 0515144665
Publication Date: November 25, 2008 (New: This Week)
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Blood Brothers and The Hollowthe conclusion to the electrifying trilogy of three men and three women who join forcesand heartsto battle the ultimate evil.
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good, not great. December 2, 2008
I am a Nora Roberts fan. I read all her books including all the ones she writes under "J.D. Robb." I know how the basic story is going to go as it's usually the same in every book she writes. I enjoy them just the same. Some of her trilogies are amazing, while others have a great premise, but don't quite follow through. That is how I would categorize this latest trilogy. The idea was great, but I'm not so sure it needed to be three books long. I'm pretty sure this story would have been better executed in one longer book, like The Three Fates. This last book, The Pagan Stone, dragged at parts and was repetitive in others. The end was anti-climatic after three books of build up. Had this been one book the ending would have probably felt more satisfying.
 Entertaining, a great read and perfect ending! December 1, 2008
Loved this series, I was hooked with Blood Brothers and it only got better as the series continued. The characters stayed true to form through out the three books and I believe Nora Roberts does a fantastic job developing their stories so well that you feel the same emotions as it goes and her visions are so vivid in my head as I'm reading along. Great read!!!!!!!
 Entertaining but not Roberts' best (some spoilers follow) December 1, 2008
I really enjoy most Nora Roberts and J.D. Robb novels. I particularly loved Valley of Silence, another Roberts trilogy-ending supernatural/fantasy-thriller/romance novel, one filled with imagination, emotion and passion, and wonderful characterizations. I had hoped The Pagan Stone would be as good. It's entertaining, sometimes pretty scary, but simply not of the same caliber.
The Pagan Stone takes a very long time to get started. I lost interest and put it down several times before it finally got going. While trilogy-enders must of course do some plot recapping, I thought the amount was excessive in this novel. So many of the episodes were similar, and the characters, unlike the deftly-drawn Cian McKenna or Eve Dallas, were not very deeply developed. Some interesting episodes were cut short, disappointing the reader, while others seemed to drag on, take place off-stage, or be a rehash of similar earlier ones.
Some of the best and most interesting writing in the novel takes place when characters interact with other human beings rather than with the rather tedious demon. For instance, the heroes' encounters with town bully Derrick Napper were chilling and written with tension, giving the reader satisfaction when he's finally defeated. On the other hand, Bill Turner's sacrifice would have been more gripping (and less cliched) had he actually survived it, as his changing relationship with his son was one of the most interesting conflicts in the book. As most of the mystery of the Hollow had been revealed by the second book in the series, there wasn't a whole lot left for the characters to discover in The Pagan Stone, other than figuring out the logistics of surviving the Big Battle with the demon.
I thought the setting and scope of this trilogy was too limited to effectively sustain the plot and relationships without a lot of repetition. Lacking the insightful and well-developed characterizations of the Chesapeake (Quinn Brothers) books and Valley of Silence, the story of Hawkins Hollow occupied a very small stage. Compared to the town of St. Chris (in the Chesapeake series), the Hollow seemed hardly populated. Perhaps the Sign of Seven would have been better as a stand-alone book. For example, even though Stephen King's It (a novel with a somewhat similar plot to The Pagan Stone) was made into a miniseries, it was wisely written as a single novel.
However, as I said, there are some very entertaining, emotional, and scary parts of The Pagan Stone, and overall I enjoyed it once I got past the first 100 pages and the plot began to move. The characters, while not particularly deep or unique, were entirely likable, believable, and sometimes quite interesting and touching. Some scenes, such as the "blow-up" between the three couples, sprang to life and all but jumped off the page. When she's at her best, Roberts is a master of dialog and characterization. She has a great sense of humor and irony. The Sign of Seven trilogy was entertaining, but not among her best work.
Great end to this trilogy! November 30, 2008
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I am very happy with the way this trilogy ended. Nora Roberts did a great job tying it all together and giving closure without being predictable.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. - Winston Churchill November 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the third book in the Sign of Seven Trilogy
Every seven years the town of Hawkins Hollow undergoes a change. Animals turn rabid, people turn on each other and the supernatural becomes reality. All this happens because of the blood ritual three boyhood friends performed on their 10th birthday on July 7th 1987. That ritual unleashed a demon and every seven years the boys do what they can to save the town and its people. This year they plan on stopping the demon for good.
This was the book I was most looking forward to in the series as I really liked Gage and Cybil's personalities from the other two books and looked forward to their inevitable romance. Their romance didn't disappoint and on a whole I really liked the story... I just didn't love it.
The ending was much too rushed for me. We have been working towards the battle against this demon since book one. The characters have invested pages and pages in research and strategy for two books. To have the battle start and be over within 6 pages (and to the soundtrack of the B-52's) was more than a bit of a let down. I really expected more battle and excitement and there are very few surprises or discoveries in this book.
The romance was great and what started off as a relationship based on heat, really turned into a nice love story. Nora did write some more terrifying passages involving the demon who takes shape as a little boy, some that made me shiver. She really did a great job of creating that demon.
I wasn't crazy about the first book, Blood Brothers, but really enjoyed the second book, The Hollow. The Hollow has all the excitement and discovery that the first and third books lack. This is definitely not my favorite book or series by this author, but I still enjoyed it and I am glad I bought it.
Blood Brothers (Sign of Seven Trilogy, Book 1)
The Hollow (Sign of Seven Trilogy, Book 2)
Cherise Everhard, November 2008
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