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Inca Gold by Clive Cussler
3.0
If you expect a story that resembles an action movie with Bruce Willis, then you won't be disappointed. This is exactly a story like that. Nice entertainment, although I admit that I did not like everything.
This is not my first story with Dirk Pitt. I've read [b:Atlantis Found|41707|Atlantis Found (Dirk Pitt, #15)|Clive Cussler|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1389418438l/41707._SY75_.jpg|255727] before, so I have some comparison. I don't know why, but I think I liked Pitt better in Atlantis Found, I think he had more peculiar charm in that one. This of course doesn't mean I don't like him in this book. Though his indestructibility and ability to survive any kind of death are almost grotesque. And probably in this book even more visible. At times, a pinch of realism could be useful.
The plot, or maybe I should say the idea for it is fine. I have not been interested so far in the cultures of the Incas and other civilizations from this period and area, so it is difficult for me to say to what extent the story is based on some facts or even legends. That is why I lack the perspective to find out where fiction mixes with the actual history. Certainly, the plot of this book sounds much more credible than the intricate intrigue in Atlantis Found that combines the threads of the lost Atlantis and the revival of the Third Reich. On the other hand, I regret it a little. That plot, detached from reality, captivated with its completeness, imagination and ability to combine all these unbelievable elements into one fairly coherent whole thing. Anyway, the plot of this book is fine and pretty entertaining.
What I didn't like are sometimes too detailed and too scientific explanations of some technical things. Very often they are woven into the action extremely clumsy. One of the characters asks how this or that works and the other answers him with all the technical details. This is very unnatural and sometimes simply boring. This is also goes over other dialogues, which sometimes also sound artificial and forced. Cussler makes sure that the reader knows what is going on all the time, he explains everything, even the obvious things. It's good that he tries to do this through the conversations of his characters and not just descriptions, but it leads to strange unnatural dialogs. I won't even mention that it annoys and disturbs.
Fans of the author's work will surely appreciate the fact that the author himself appears in this book as one of the less significant episodic characters.
On the whole, I liked this story although I expected better entertainment. I will certainly go for this author's books in the future. In this book, I think I liked the most the relationship between Pitt and Giordino.
This is not my first story with Dirk Pitt. I've read [b:Atlantis Found|41707|Atlantis Found (Dirk Pitt, #15)|Clive Cussler|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1389418438l/41707._SY75_.jpg|255727] before, so I have some comparison. I don't know why, but I think I liked Pitt better in Atlantis Found, I think he had more peculiar charm in that one. This of course doesn't mean I don't like him in this book. Though his indestructibility and ability to survive any kind of death are almost grotesque. And probably in this book even more visible. At times, a pinch of realism could be useful.
The plot, or maybe I should say the idea for it is fine. I have not been interested so far in the cultures of the Incas and other civilizations from this period and area, so it is difficult for me to say to what extent the story is based on some facts or even legends. That is why I lack the perspective to find out where fiction mixes with the actual history. Certainly, the plot of this book sounds much more credible than the intricate intrigue in Atlantis Found that combines the threads of the lost Atlantis and the revival of the Third Reich. On the other hand, I regret it a little. That plot, detached from reality, captivated with its completeness, imagination and ability to combine all these unbelievable elements into one fairly coherent whole thing. Anyway, the plot of this book is fine and pretty entertaining.
What I didn't like are sometimes too detailed and too scientific explanations of some technical things. Very often they are woven into the action extremely clumsy. One of the characters asks how this or that works and the other answers him with all the technical details. This is very unnatural and sometimes simply boring. This is also goes over other dialogues, which sometimes also sound artificial and forced. Cussler makes sure that the reader knows what is going on all the time, he explains everything, even the obvious things. It's good that he tries to do this through the conversations of his characters and not just descriptions, but it leads to strange unnatural dialogs. I won't even mention that it annoys and disturbs.
Fans of the author's work will surely appreciate the fact that the author himself appears in this book as one of the less significant episodic characters.
On the whole, I liked this story although I expected better entertainment. I will certainly go for this author's books in the future. In this book, I think I liked the most the relationship between Pitt and Giordino.