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A review by pawanraj
The Doomsday Conspiracy by Sidney Sheldon
2.0
Meh. A poor attempt at a sci-fi thriller with a bit of a message. Robert Bellamy is a Naval officer, who the NSA assigns the task of tracking down an unknown number of unknown witnesses to a top secret "weather eballoon crash" .. Except that the weather balloon isn't a weather-balloon but a space-ship. This takes him across continents and countries, first to find these witnesses, then to save his own life as the agents of multiple countries try and "terminate" him.
Character development is weak. The love-story angle is unnecessary and looks like it is only there to stuff in all the geography that Bellamy travels. If thrillers are your staple, the "suspense" is predictable. Some of the terminology dropping, grates.
There is a lot of cliche: A Texan who is a rancher, an unhappy Russian girl, Oh and the science-fiction - Aliens are bald, with bulging eyes and big heads.
It's a light read that you can get through in 2-3 hours. And if you go faster and skim through it, you will still not miss much. Not Sheldon's best work.
Character development is weak. The love-story angle is unnecessary and looks like it is only there to stuff in all the geography that Bellamy travels. If thrillers are your staple, the "suspense" is predictable. Some of the terminology dropping, grates.
There is a lot of cliche: A Texan who is a rancher, an unhappy Russian girl, Oh and the science-fiction - Aliens are bald, with bulging eyes and big heads.
It's a light read that you can get through in 2-3 hours. And if you go faster and skim through it, you will still not miss much. Not Sheldon's best work.