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I was very excited to get this book to read. And that is what I tried to do. I had a very difficult time with this book and I feel bad about that. I would read a number of pages and then go back to the beginning and start again because it really wasn't resonating with me. The writing was beautiful but this wasn't my type of book or perhaps I wasn't in the right frame of mind.

I anticipated that this book would be set in Antarctica and was somewhat disappointed that very little of the story happens there. Chapters move back and forth in time, not sequentially, from 1066 to 2017, with the first and last chapters set in 2017 and in Antarctica. And in each chapter we meet different people in different settings who do not seem to be connected in any way except through their interest in comets. For me, this disrupted the flow of the story and kept me always trying to understand how everything tied together. I found the writing to be very lyrical and the story of connections through time …more interesting if a little hard to follow. I would recommend The Comet Seekers to anyone who is interested in comets or astronomy or mystical connections. (less)

This book was okay...I was hoping for a stunner. It wasn't engossing in the beginning, the middle seemed to flow very well, and the end dragged on. Especially in the beginning, I think each short chapter needed more tie-ins to other characters, as I seemed to become lost and confused rather easily.

I had a very difficult time moving past the first chapter. The characters were not at all engaging and the manner in which the book was written did nothing at all for me. It felt choppy, amateurish, and trying too hard to be deep and meaningful.

I have been to Antarctica several times as part of the Antarctic program and was hoping for more on that. Building the story line around comets was a creative idea and great way to structure the book. However, I was so put off by the writing style that the book completely failed for me.