Reviews

Crescent Dawn by Scott Brick, Dirk Cussler, Dirk Pitt, Clive Cussler

pberry87's review against another edition

3.0

I usually enjoy this series. This book was painful to read for me. I kept reading, hence the 3 stars, but I skipped over a lot of it. Very predictable if you've read other books in the series and the story arcs didn't seem to fit together as well as usual.

burr896's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

frahorus's review against another edition

4.0

In questa ventunesima avventura del direttore della NUMA, Dirk Pitt, tutta ambientata nel Mediterraneo (quindi a due passi da casa mia) ritroviamo un Pitt che, nonostante i suoi 64 anni ben portati, riesce ancora a salvarsi dai guai causati, stavolta, da veri e propri terroristi pronti a tutto pur di restaurare il vecchio impero ottomano. Ma è anche - e sopratutto - un'avventura degna di Indiana Jones, con scavi, ritrovamenti leggendari (i sandali e un ritratto di Gesù), fughe al cardiopalma, ricerche teologiche e, a tratti, potrebbe anche ricordare il Dan Brown de Il codice Da Vinci. Stavolta la presenza dei figli di Pitt, Dirk e Summer, ci stava, anche se i momenti vissuti assieme sono sempre pochi. Bello l'inizio, degno del miglior film di James Bond, con Pitt e la relativa consorte Loren che fuggono inseguiti dai terroristi (e Pitt ha pure il tempo per guidare un'auto d'epoca).
Spero di leggere presto le altre due nuove avventure di Dirk Pitt, ovvero La freccia di Poseidone e Havana Storm.

furicle's review against another edition

3.0

Not a bad one, as these ones go, but the state of preservation if the final ship wreck was hard to swallow (yes, more than usual). Summer gets the short stick too, brother getting almost all the good action parts...

sojourner82's review against another edition

5.0

The adventures of Dirk Pitt are always fascinating. I love how Cussler staged this one in a way that is believable and entertaining. You won’t be disappointed.

odinblindeye's review against another edition

1.0

A tremendously garbled novel. Too much going on at once, and thus no storyline was really dealt with at any point. Uhgh.

catsandbooksandthings_14's review

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.75

ehayden6's review against another edition

adventurous fast-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

tarsel's review against another edition

3.0

Shallow, standard action thriller. Would make a better film.

ripplefargo's review against another edition

Pretty good! It's Clive Cussler, so yeah, it's a lot like most of his other work with Dirk Pitt in it, but Pitt, the elder, shows more emotion in this one, which is interesting. I'm not used to it, but I can handle that. :) Not much more to say, really. If you like Clive Cussler, you'll like this, too. Good, old-fashioned adventure with a healthy splash of history and archaeology. It's right up my alley.