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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
I loved this book! Cussler makes Sam and Remi's adventures seem like you are there with them. I can't wait to see what else is in store for the Fargos!
My recommendation: Read this only if you, say, you're on a long flight or travelling. It is a very typical 'Dirk Pitt' adeventure, but instead we have the Fargos - Sam and Remi Fargo, ad husband and wife team who are 'treasure hunters'. Being a couple, I was expecting more depth, more intimacy and romance - but hardly. The 'Spartan Gold' that they will eventually (its one of those books where the good guys always wins and the bad guy always lose) is also not that magnificent. I believe the previous Dirk Pitt adventures had more gas guzzling adventures and treasures that blew one's mind away. But again this is the first book in the series. Would I read the second book? Most probably not. This type of book just adds a bit of history, but it is mainly an action story which you can just pass by without regretting of learning much. A book to pass away your (unimportant) time.
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-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
My first Clive Cussler book and I loved it. The story had a great flow with excellent writing. Sam and Remi make a great working couple that are supportive, not mushy, and equally strong in their own skill areas. The action is consistent and the story keeps moving. Just enough history to ties things together but retains its focus on an interested story above a documentary. Scott Brick is the second best narrator I have heard to date. Very enjoyable book and I've already started the second in the series.
Reading James Rollins and the Sigma adventures I found this one to be a little more on the slower side, but I enjoyed the history (as long as all of it is true) along with all the clues quite fun to read. It's not much of a thinker book and the Fargo's do end up getting out of sticky situations pretty easily and quickly with no regrets of killing anyone, which surprised me I guess that oh, that guy is dead, even Indiana Jones wasn't that much into violence, which is kind of how I related this book. But they do explain the Darpa resume and I guess that gives them a little bit of wiggle room. I'll continue with the rest of the series since I did find it a quick fun read.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Decent, mindless adventure. Interesting details regarding history. A bit formula driven, but I read this one to get background to read a later Fargo book for bookclub. I am glad I did. I do like the Fargos and their team. The description of the places they travel to, and do they travel, are interesting and fun to read about. But as one, or many reviewers have mentioned, the Fargos go, willingly, toward danger and are pretty blase about the whole thing. They get into life or death fights, win, dust themselves off and walk away. Really? On to The Eye of Heaven.
Super good! I loved all the historical references and the adventure. I was on the edge of my drivers seat!
First time reading a Clive Cussler book and it was unspeakably awful. Full of passages like
"'Buon giorno,' she said. 'Signor Capriani?'
'Si.'
'Parla inglese?'
Cipriani smiled broadly. 'I speak English, yes. But your Italian is very good.'"
?!!?
Never again.
"'Buon giorno,' she said. 'Signor Capriani?'
'Si.'
'Parla inglese?'
Cipriani smiled broadly. 'I speak English, yes. But your Italian is very good.'"
?!!?
Never again.