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3.35 AVERAGE
3.35 AVERAGE
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Fun read but not my favorite ever.
All I can say is this: the older the Dirk Pitt adventure, the more of a jerk he is. I guess the seventies weren't such a good time for women in fiction and men were expected to be jerks to prove they were men. On the upside, as time passed, Dirk Pitt became more of a gentleman! Thanks Clive Cussler for evolving with the times!!
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The book was okay. I really didn't like the main character
This is another series that I haven't read in order but I am now making an effort to go back and fill in some holes. Some say this is the 1st Dirk Pitt novel, (and I believe it was the first one published - 1973) while others say it's the second. Regardless, it is an early version of Dirk Pitt that is quite a bit rougher around the edges than the one I know better from later books in the series. There was even one early scene where Dirk's actions rather turned me off (even given the time period when it was written) and if I hadn't already read later books in the series I might never return to them.
The plot was OK but also a bit contrived. It was like watching a movie-of-the week in the 1970s. Lots of action followed by the big reveal so that we readers understand what was really happening all along. It wasn't a horrible book but I am gratified to know that the series gets better as it goes along.
The plot was OK but also a bit contrived. It was like watching a movie-of-the week in the 1970s. Lots of action followed by the big reveal so that we readers understand what was really happening all along. It wasn't a horrible book but I am gratified to know that the series gets better as it goes along.
Attack on an American base by a WWI plane, a quest to find drugs, submarine and the quest to find a possible living fossil, all set in Greece. Seems kind of wild and surely can't be threaded together cohesively. But it did. Great story, Cussler spins a great adventure, but for the love of Chuck, PROOFREAD!! Maybe it's because someone gave me an older book, but there were missing comas, periods, and quotations, a few misspellings and it drove me berserk.
2.5 - reading these in order and unfortunately this one is stuck in the 70s. of the more recent ones I've read, they get much better on that front. Also not my favorite plot/premise, but fits with the series overall.
Also sorry, das war Grütze.
Ein sooo intelligenter Held, er ist ja so schlau. Außerdem Frauenheld, natürlich.
Das Frauenbild war das Schlimmste am Buch.
Außerdem plot holes bzw. unlogisches Verhalten so ziemlicher aller Beteiligter, es kaum auch eher keine Spannung auf
Ein sooo intelligenter Held, er ist ja so schlau. Außerdem Frauenheld, natürlich.
Das Frauenbild war das Schlimmste am Buch.
Außerdem plot holes bzw. unlogisches Verhalten so ziemlicher aller Beteiligter, es kaum auch eher keine Spannung auf
adventurous
mysterious
slow-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
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No