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Shock Wave| Media: | Paperback | | Author: | Clive Cussler | | Publisher: | Pocket | | Release date: | 01 December, 1996 | | Our price: | $7.99 |
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A bit of a bummer |
| I hate to say it, but this was the one Clive Cussler novel I had trouble with. It was one of those books that I put down and picked up, put down and picked up, etc... The descriptive writing is still there in classic Cussler style, but in the end I was disappointed with the storyline. Most of Mr. Cussler's ideas and storylines seem to make me think, "Wow! That could be reality!" But this story was just too "out there" for me. |
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Wonderful Wonderful Wondeful |
| My mom has read Clive CUssler for years. I on the other hand thought the book jackets always sounded a little to action adventurious(SP?) for my taste. Well I picked up this book used and thought why not. I absolutely loved it. I am a fast reader and was completly absorbed into this story and finished it in 2 hours. Dirk Pitt is such a wonderful character he combines all the parts of man you love and hate. As soon as i finished I caled my mom and borrowed all of hers and am currently reading them in order and even the first ones seem to be of the same caliber. I personally love mysteries and this combines a good mystery wih some grat action and the descriptions are so wonderful I can just picture them in my head. I love that he gives the background of the story and hen beautiful moves into the newer story. Wondeful!!!!! |
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"Mind-boggling Action To The Extreme" |
| The best way to describe this book . . . Freakin' awesome! I've seen Dirk Pitt in some unbelieveable life and death situations, but this time Cussler outdid himself. Setting Pitt, his buddy Al Giordino and Maeve Fletcher (the very nice estranged daughter of the very evil Arthur Dorsett) out to sea on an unpowered boat, then watching the three use all their wits to survive made for some of the most intense and jaw dropping scenes in the book. Dorsett is definitely among my favorite Cussler villains. He and his other two daughters were some of the most depraved people Cussler has ever come up with. I also really liked the more prominent role NUMA boss Admiral Sandecker took on as he circumvented the White House in order to stop Dorsett's mining operation before it kills millions. You really see how far Sandecker will go in order to do the right thing. An incredible and emotional end as Pitt and company assault Dorsett's island. I've always said Cussler can spin one hell of a tale, and in "Shockwave" he did not disappoint. |
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