Reviews

Ice Station Zebra by Alistair MacLean

davidgeddess's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

katherineannpotter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

billymac1962's review against another edition

This started off strong for me but past the halfway point it started to lose me.

I just don't find the narrative engaging enough. It's very matter of fact and I'm really not feeling anything for the characters. The situation, sure, does have tension, but it's just missing that extra thing that makes me feel for the characters. There are still 130 pages to go but I want to move on to something else now.

alextj's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

jane_emma's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

joeholmes's review against another edition

2.0

Wonderfully evocative cold-war submarine novel with an unfortunate drawing-room mystery ending.

heidi_may91's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Fire/Fire injury

barts_books's review against another edition

3.0

Enjoyable, solid, old-fashioned Cold War mystery with a couple of typical MacLean twists on the way.
Slightly let down by a fairly pedestrian start.

konain's review against another edition

5.0

Vintage Alistair MacLean!! Wonderful, powerful, thrilling.... won't say more as I won't be able to avoid the spoilers and you wouldn't like that, would you?

the_old_gray_cat's review against another edition

4.0

During the cold war, a mysterious British doctor inveigles his way onto an American nuclear submarine on a mission to attempt to save the survivors of a horrible accident at a polar ice temporary station.