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Didn’t Like It “OK so this is my 16th Cussler book and this is my lowest review I've ever given him. I'm not sure if it's my taste as a reader changing or if maybe I've just read too many Cussler books. |
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“Everything about the story and characters is predictable....But the author put some research in and somehow it is a nice read”
San wrote this review Sunday, November 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“liked it”
What Are You Reading? wrote this review Thursday, May 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“OK so this is my 16th Cussler book and this is my lowest review I've ever given him. I'm not sure if it's my taste as a reader changing or if maybe I've just read too many Cussler books.
Zach B wrote this review Thursday, April 9 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
To start off I felt that the book almost started off right in the middle of the story building process. The last book "Shock Wave" was before this book and finished only a few months before this one started. The author reminds you that he's tired from his last adventure a few times. From the get go you seem that you are in the middle of something without a lot of lead in and not a lot of development in the story. This beginning "action" last for around 100 pages before we get to sit back and get some plot/character development.
On the flip side the ending of the book ends about 100 pages shy of the actual ending. I had to force myself to finish reading after the climax has already happened. Cussler always starts his book with a prologue from the past and the last 100 pages of the book are just a "oh man I guess I should tie that beginning in somewhere" sort of feel to it.
Another problem I had with this book was the dialogue. It had no flow and seemed forced. The force was the author trying to make every character say something witty/sarcastic/funny to every situation and it just didn't work and seemed very amateurish for an author that I really like.
It took me over two months to finish this one off and actually read three books in between the start and the finish. I just couldn't pick it up for more than 10-20 pages at a time. I think it had something to do that the story was very standard Dirk Pitt and the Evil Bad Man's horrible plot just really wasn't that daunting to me.
Ok so after that review I just have to say that I really like Cussler and his books helped me become a bookworm when I first picked up Inca Gold about 8 or so years ago. After that book I went a picked up all the Pit books that had been written and only have about 3 left out of the 10 or so that I bought that day.”“This book is about how Dirk Pitt stops a chinese billionaire from slpiting the U.S. into three parts. It shows me how you always need to try and do something good no matter how big or small. Pitt is always doing some thing to save the world but if everyone did little things then the world wouldnt need that much saving.”
Brody L wrote this review Thursday, September 25 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Mu husband and I read Clive Cussler books together. This isn't the best that we've read, but was typical of Cussler's writing. We have been busy so it took us over two years to finish it. I cannot say by the end that either my husband or I knew what was going on.”
Stephanie D wrote this review Saturday, September 6 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“rollicking”
Aaron H wrote this review Thursday, July 10 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“As always, a fun read....But Cussler also brings out a number of ideas that really tweak the imagination.”
Jody C wrote this review Monday, June 9 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is another great read by Clive Cussler featuring Dirk Pitt. Lots of adventure and action and good suspense.”
Kristen H wrote this review Wednesday, April 16 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“It isn't that I found this to be a badly written book, but rather that I found the lead character to be unbelievable. He was too perfect and the crimes he prevents just kept escalating in severity. The ultimate outcome was satisfying with lots of poetic justice, but I think this series is just not for me.”
librarianwho wrote this review Wednesday, January 23 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
