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taque's review against another edition
2.0
2.5 stars. Much better than Mediterranean Caper - Cussler's typical writing style comes out here. He hasn't quite hit his own, with some incongruous and dropped plot lines and cliche writing. A little too violent and sad as well. Still a pretty good Cussler read.
ryanjamesburt's review against another edition
2.0
I listened to this on Audio tape. Usually a big fan of Dirk Pitt. But he isn't even in this book for what seems like more then half of it. At one point I wasn't even sure it was the same book. The ending was good.
bodebeabay's review against another edition
4.0
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Genres; Action/Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Suspense
4 Stars
It took awhile for me to find the copy of the one I read. I think I got it right.
I wish I still had my copies! But, alas, I have lost them through the many times I have moved. Through my own adventures, while worth it, caused me to lose those copies decades ago.
Al Giordino is still my favorite character in the Dirk Pitt series.
Genres; Action/Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Suspense
4 Stars
It took awhile for me to find the copy of the one I read. I think I got it right.
I wish I still had my copies! But, alas, I have lost them through the many times I have moved. Through my own adventures, while worth it, caused me to lose those copies decades ago.
Al Giordino is still my favorite character in the Dirk Pitt series.
abbotsford1234's review against another edition
3.0
Was Cussler being prophetic with this book? Set in 1988. Shortly afterwards Mandela is released.
dsneediii's review against another edition
2.0
I had a lot of trouble with this book in the Dirk Pitt series. The beginning of this book was good and the ending was great but the middle of the book seemed to drag on to me. The story was great and I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys action adventure books, but for some reason this book was not as good as I thought it would be.
abbotsford1234's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
unphilosophize's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Should I have deviated from my reading plan for two days to read this? Maybe not. Did I enjoy the heck out of it? Yes
Clive is always surprising me both with how well he writes an action plot and how well he’s able to predict the future in his novels.
It was a bit jarring at first when the plot suddenly split to South Africa and there was no Dirk Pitt, but it really came together well in the end.
I, of course, will be reading more in this series. I love Clive.
Clive is always surprising me both with how well he writes an action plot and how well he’s able to predict the future in his novels.
It was a bit jarring at first when the plot suddenly split to South Africa and there was no Dirk Pitt, but it really came together well in the end.
I, of course, will be reading more in this series. I love Clive.
vermidian's review against another edition
2.0
I am eternally baffled at how bad the science in these books can be. It really left me with a bad taste in my mouth when I realized that the biological weapons the story surrounds would have been non-functional for years when Bass indicated they needed an oxygen-rich environment - which a metal canister sitting at the bottom of a pond for a couple of decades would not be capable of.
Additionally, Cussler still seems to see women as being as loose as his imagination would like them to be. There was one scene where a character literally gets swapped to another man against her will and despite being upset at being forced to take another man to bed, she’s suddenly okay with it in the next scene? Cussler, you had to have been smoking something when you wrote this. Real women do not behave like you write them - in your early books at least.
I don’t recommend this one. I’ve been reading them in order as much as I can, but so far I haven’t read one which truly satisfied me as a reader because the science behind the stories and the way he treats minority groups, such as women or people of color, is infuriatingly backward.
Additionally, Cussler still seems to see women as being as loose as his imagination would like them to be. There was one scene where a character literally gets swapped to another man against her will and despite being upset at being forced to take another man to bed, she’s suddenly okay with it in the next scene? Cussler, you had to have been smoking something when you wrote this. Real women do not behave like you write them - in your early books at least.
I don’t recommend this one. I’ve been reading them in order as much as I can, but so far I haven’t read one which truly satisfied me as a reader because the science behind the stories and the way he treats minority groups, such as women or people of color, is infuriatingly backward.