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Liked It “CATEGORY 7 is an enjoyable weather-based thriller, although it took me awhile to get into the story, due to all of the unfamiliar terms. Once I got through it, though, I found myself immersed in the story. |
Didn’t Like It “A disappointing story. I had trouble keeping all the characters straight, and somehow the promised "blowout" didn't really come across to me.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“ CATEGORY 7 is an enjoyable weather-based thriller, although it took me awhile to get into the story, due to all of the unfamiliar terms. Once I got through it, though, I found myself immersed in the story.
Jennifer Wardrip wrote this review Sunday, July 26 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The basics: a meglomaniac decides to take revenge on the President by using his creation, the ability to control the weather, to send a massive Category 7 hurricane towards New York City. Panic and devastation ensue, and it's up to a small-town weather reporter and a CIA operative to stop both the hurricane and the bad guy.
Like I said, this really is an entertaining and enjoyable thriller, and once you learn the weather-related jargon, you'll be in for a really good story.”
“The story starts with a lot of background and you have to be very focused on the book to remember who everyone is and what they do. I watch a lot of documentaries on weather and this book had me questioning the "what ifs."
Kristin A wrote this review Wednesday, July 22 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
What if we knew how to control the weather, we could use it as a weapon to wipe out other countries. Hope this never happens in my lifetime!”
“What a dreadful book. I had high hopes for this imaginary category 7 hurricane, but not only wasn't it scary, it was tiresome, unbelievable and badly written. I was hoping that at the end, all the characters would get blown away!”
Sunny wrote this review Tuesday, June 23 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“rowanthea said: 4 stars
Play Book Tag Shelf wrote this review Tuesday, May 26 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Weather manipulation has been well documented with the seeding of hurricanes. Bill Evans takes this fact and runs with it in a fast paced suspenseful weather thriller. Kate Sherman's job is to predict storms and she's very good at her job. When she misses three storms, that seemed to come out of no where, she has to know why. They don't fit into the dynamics of a natural weather pattern.
Jake Baxter is a CIA weatherman who notices the same anomalies. He takes it further and noticed a pattern that spans over nine years. When he attends a convention were Kate discusses the weird storms he realizes he's on to something.
A millionaire with a God complex and the US government are playing with the weather at the same time with dramatic results. It's a believable story with a great cast of characters who are racing for a way to save the east coast from a killer hurricane named Simone. Only pick this book up if you have time to read it straight through. It's hard to put down.
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“ Weather manipulation has been well documented with the seeding of hurricanes. Bill Evans takes this fact and runs with it in a fast paced suspenseful weather thriller.
rowanthea wrote this review Monday, June 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Kate Sherman's job is to predict storms and she's very good at her job. When she misses three storms, that seemed to come out of no where, she has to know why. They don't fit into the dynamics of a natural weather pattern.
Jake Baxter is a CIA weatherman who notices the same anomalies. He takes it further and noticed a pattern that spans over nine years. When he attends a convention were Kate discusses the weird storms he realizes he's on to something.
A millionaire with a God complex and the US government are playing with the weather at the same time with dramatic results. It's a believable story with a great cast of characters who are racing for a way to save the east coast from a killer hurricane named Simone. Only pick this book up if you have time to read it straight through. It's hard to put down.”
“Category 7 Bill Evans
Tenia F wrote this review Wednesday, February 25 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
4 stars
This book would have been given a 5 star, if it hadn't scared the bigibees out of me, so it got a 4 star! Living in Florida, I know that anything above a Category 2 is intense (and it only goes to a scale of 5 so you know trying to imagine a 7, well yeah) When a crazed scientist who feels he was wronged by the government decides to take matters into his own hands by manipulating the weather and he won't be satisfied until his enemies and Washington is destroyed.”“A disappointing story. I had trouble keeping all the characters straight, and somehow the promised "blowout" didn't really come across to me.”
AnnShorey wrote this review Thursday, November 13 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“For awhile, I thought this book was so bad it was good, but toward the end, I just found it to be too ridiculous to even consider a guilty pleasure. Quick note on the rating: I'd give it one star if I weren't such a weather geek....”
Marc H wrote this review Monday, October 27 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
0 of 1 members found this review helpful“A far fetched story that is not too easy to follow at points. Picturing the destruction of NYC and most of the east coast is diffficult at best.”
Andy C wrote this review Wednesday, April 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
2 of 2 members found this review helpful“I needed some fiction after that one and picked this up in the airport in Amsterdam. The subtitle “It’s The Biggest Story in History” set the stage. Pretty good – especially if you are curious about how a weatherman (Bill Evans) would construct a novel about the world’s worst storm and the evil genius that creates it as it is about to wipe out New York City. Good mental floss.”
bfeld wrote this review Wednesday, September 19 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
