Indiana Jones and the Dance of the Giants by Rob Macgregor
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Book Reviews of Indiana Jones and the Dance of the Giants
Book Review: Unremarkable Indiana Jones Adventure
Summary: 2 Stars
"Indiana Jones and the Dance of the Giants" is part of a series of novels that fill in the chronological years in Indy's life between The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Volume Three - The Years of Change and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Special Edition). In this adventure Indy travels from England to Scotland on a quest to find scrolls that could prove the existence of Merlin.
I agree with a previous reviewer who got a 'Hardy Boys' vibe from this book. The setup sounds appropriately mythological like the original movies, but the result is less than epic and the story feels by the numbers. It's really missing that larger-than-life 'republic serial' feel that Raiders of the Lost Ark captured. There is a rather soap opera-level revelation concerning Indy's new love interest, and the bad guys are a rather generic cult. On the plus side the novel has some decent historical research put into it, and the scenes featuring Indy in his first teaching gig explaining this information are arguably the best part of the book.
There's really no compelling reason to pick this up except if you find it cheap. A rather skippable entry in the Indiana Jones franchise.
Book Review: formula reading in the "hardy boys" tradition
Summary: 2 Stars
Although MacGregor craftily weaves in a bit of historical facts to entertain, they are extremely general. Otherwise, the book reads like a Hardy Boys novel, deserving little attention from the adult audience. The novel works as a young adult novel; however, it seems marketed as more of an adult novel