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by Howie
(310710) Rating (4/10) Review
by Howie I was very disappointed with this and several other glaring errors in the book... if you have any kind of knowledge of machinery or technical know-how I warn you that this is a hard story to swallow. (A sun spot typically has a diameter that exceeds the diameter of the earth.... Mr. Reilly should really read about sun spots and how big they are before trying to write about something so preposterous as sunspot interference being so localized as to have little windows of opportunity for radio transmission).
Anyhow... I will likely finish the book anyhow.... but I find
it VERY difficult to enjoy something that is so full of errors.
(I know... I know... its FICTION.... but still.... you wouldn't
write about a Ford car having the ability to change shape or being
made out of pasta.... they don’t do that... normally...) Review
by Alma I like stories set in and around the Arctic and Antarctic, the scenery is so stark and majestic, it makes the people behave in strange ways. The story is about a group of American Marines on a rescue mission. They are sent to save the workers at a research station when members of an exploration party are lost on a dive below the ice pack. It
was none stop action and although I found it rather far fetched,
I very much enjoyed the hectic pace and especially the setting. Review
by Chrissi This is quite a thick book (689 pages), we found it in Waterstones if my memory serves, and said that the blurb sounded good. It is one of those books that you can't put down, there are page breaks, and sections, but YOU DO NOT WANT TO STOP! It reads so quickly that it unfurls almost like a film in your imagination. I cannot give you any quotes, not because they were not memorable or anything like that, but because I was there, travelling so fast with the story that they did not have an opportunity to make a home in my head! Very briefly, because I don't want to spoil things for you, should you decide to read this, it is the story of what happens when a radio signal is sent out that says that "Whehay we've found something amazing which has great possibilities!" What they really mean is "come and grab what you can because we don't know what we've got and we can't stop you!" This is what the book is about - the race to get hold of something which may be very important. I'm sitting here trying to decide whether I should give this book a 10/10. This may not sound a difficult thing to do but a book has to really grab you, the kind of thing where you sit back when you've finished and feel sorry that it all had to come to an end. It did end, really well I might say, and I did go "wow!" - I actually woke Nigel to tell him about it and did this, so it has got to be special - what the hell, 10/10. READ
IT - IT WILL BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF!!! Review
by Nigel The story involves the response by a crack team of marines to a distress call from an Antarctic research station, the contents of which includes that they have found a Spaceship. Unfortunately they are not the only ones to pick up the signal and from this point on everyone and his mother wants some of the action, which is OK because there is plenty to go around. This book is basically non-stop action from beginning to end. The first half is excellent with the tension never letting up and at this point I would have probably given it 10/10 as well (see above). However, as the end draws near I found some of the situations, although told with the same pace and style, a little hard to swallow. This is not the fault of the book, just me, as I'd rather have situations that are probable. If there were that many bullets flying around, no one, however skilled, would survive. Will baddies EVER learn to aim? Still, like a lot of modern action films (e.g. MI2) if you suspend your disbelief you will have an excellent time. In
summary a very good action novel which allows you to switch off
and go along for the ride. Now, where is that Koontz! |
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