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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
When I was a kid, I was always really interested in ghost stories and strange tales. Like the Mary Celeste that was found drifting completely empty; no signs of struggle, food left on the plates, no survivors ever found. Or the story of the Japanese soldier who refused to believe WWII had ended and spent 20+ years living in the jungle until his original commanding officer personally came to tell him to come home. This book takes from another famous story I read about when I was young; the water pit.
The water pit was originally found in the 18th century on an island off the eastern seaboard. A man found a small depression in the ground underneath a block and tackle. He began to dig and discovered a shaft that had been refilled. Excited that he was on the track of a famous rumored pirate treasure, they kept digging and discovered a wooden platform at 10 ft. Eventually digging down to around 100 ft, the pit suddenly began to fill with water. Long story short, no one has ever been able to excavate the obviously human-made pit and several lives have been lost.
Enter this book. A group of treasure-hunters seek to uncover the mystery of the money pit and recover the supposed 2 billion dollar reward. The old island curse however soon begins to claim lives. Very entertaining book.
The water pit was originally found in the 18th century on an island off the eastern seaboard. A man found a small depression in the ground underneath a block and tackle. He began to dig and discovered a shaft that had been refilled. Excited that he was on the track of a famous rumored pirate treasure, they kept digging and discovered a wooden platform at 10 ft. Eventually digging down to around 100 ft, the pit suddenly began to fill with water. Long story short, no one has ever been able to excavate the obviously human-made pit and several lives have been lost.
Enter this book. A group of treasure-hunters seek to uncover the mystery of the money pit and recover the supposed 2 billion dollar reward. The old island curse however soon begins to claim lives. Very entertaining book.
Inhoud:
Nog nooit is het iemand gelukt om levend terug te komen uit de Put, het raadselachtige labyrint van met water gevulde schachten en tunnels diep onder een klein eiland voor de kust van Maine. De Put, waarin een enorme goudschat verborgen ligt.
Een opzienbarende ontdekking geeft mogelijk nieuwe kansen: de ontcijfering van het geheimschrift uit de zeventiende eeuw, waarin de bouw van de Put beschreven staat.
Kapitein Gerard Neidelman organiseert, met gebruikmaking van de modernste hightech-apparatuur, een nieuwe expeditie. Maar niet alleen Neidelman is geïnteresseerd in de schat aan goud - zo'n 2 miljard dollar - die ligt te wachten in de Put...
Waardering:
Omdat ik toen ik het boek las nog geen beoordelingen en mening gaf over boeken is het voor mij niet mogelijk om nu een juiste waardering aan het boek te geven. Ik hoop in de aankomende jaren tijd te vinden om de serie weer op te pakken om opnieuw te lezen, zodat ik ook dit boek een waardering kan geven.
Overige boekinformatie:
Uitgeverij: Luitingh-Sijthoff
ISBN : 90.245.0911.4
349 pagina’s; paperback
Nog nooit is het iemand gelukt om levend terug te komen uit de Put, het raadselachtige labyrint van met water gevulde schachten en tunnels diep onder een klein eiland voor de kust van Maine. De Put, waarin een enorme goudschat verborgen ligt.
Een opzienbarende ontdekking geeft mogelijk nieuwe kansen: de ontcijfering van het geheimschrift uit de zeventiende eeuw, waarin de bouw van de Put beschreven staat.
Kapitein Gerard Neidelman organiseert, met gebruikmaking van de modernste hightech-apparatuur, een nieuwe expeditie. Maar niet alleen Neidelman is geïnteresseerd in de schat aan goud - zo'n 2 miljard dollar - die ligt te wachten in de Put...
Waardering:
Omdat ik toen ik het boek las nog geen beoordelingen en mening gaf over boeken is het voor mij niet mogelijk om nu een juiste waardering aan het boek te geven. Ik hoop in de aankomende jaren tijd te vinden om de serie weer op te pakken om opnieuw te lezen, zodat ik ook dit boek een waardering kan geven.
Overige boekinformatie:
Uitgeverij: Luitingh-Sijthoff
ISBN : 90.245.0911.4
349 pagina’s; paperback
A rip-roaring tale! Fast-paced and involving, I really enjoyed it. I gave it 4 stars rather than 5 because it became rather more and more... fantastical? The threads of disbelief intruded a bit too much, niggling at the end a bit. Still, very involving and vivid and fun.
You have a clue who these two peeps are?
No? All right, I'll tell you.
Rick & Marty Lagina starring in The Curse of Oak Island. These two brothers managed to turn a tiny fuck-off Canadian island off the coast of Nova Scotia into a wheel of Swiss cheese as they tried to retrieve a legendary treasure... wasting a shitload of dough while at it. Of course, when they were finished, they didn't find shite all. They did a look to camera and went "Ah, fuck this! We're going home." Actually, they didn't say so but, if you ask me, the whole thing is fucking funny as fuck.
I think the producers of the show read this book before venturing into the business of not finding a treasure. Why? There's a particular part in the book that has basically been copied-pasted from Riptide into TCoOI. The Laginas used the very same expedient... only it didnn't work for shite, LMAO.
Anyway. The book's great fun. 4.5 stars.
No? All right, I'll tell you.
Rick & Marty Lagina starring in The Curse of Oak Island. These two brothers managed to turn a tiny fuck-off Canadian island off the coast of Nova Scotia into a wheel of Swiss cheese as they tried to retrieve a legendary treasure... wasting a shitload of dough while at it. Of course, when they were finished, they didn't find shite all. They did a look to camera and went "Ah, fuck this! We're going home." Actually, they didn't say so but, if you ask me, the whole thing is fucking funny as fuck.
I think the producers of the show read this book before venturing into the business of not finding a treasure. Why? There's a particular part in the book
Spoiler
where they pour dye in the pit in order to find out where the seawater is coming fromAnyway. The book's great fun. 4.5 stars.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
One of the only true stand alone novels from Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, with buried pirate treasure and an impending storm. Audiobook is read by Scott Brick who just has such a magic for bringing stories to life. I loved the quirks given to different characters, and thought things were well done to leave emotional impact when there were deaths. This is another novel that reads like a movie and with the right team could translate perfectly to the big screen.
adventurous
mysterious
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:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No