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Summary: Entertaining.
Review: Another Dirk Pitt novel. Dirk & Al really manage to getaround, and their adventures are imaginative and enjoyable. I read for pleasure, not to look for hidden moral lessons or other redeeming factors in a story. I know Pitt will win out in the end and I enjoy, through reading, watching him get there through all the plot twists. Mr Cussler has exceptional knowledge of historical nautical events and through the Dirk Pitt stories shares them with us. This book did not let me down, It was enjoyable, kept me turning the pages wanting more. I sincerely hope Mr Cussler continues writing about Dirk Pitt and writing himself into the stories, self-serving or not.
Rating:
Summary: Entertaining.
Review: Another Dirk Pitt novel. Dirk & Al really manage to get around, and their adventures are imaginative and enjoyable. I read for pleasure, not to look for hidden moral lessons or other redeeming factors in a story. I know Pitt will win out in the end and I enjoy, through reading, watching him get there through all the plot twists. Mr Cussler has exceptional knowledge of historical nautical events and through the Dirk Pitt stories shares them with us. This book did not let me down, It was enjoyable, kept me turning the pages wanting more. I sincerely hope Mr Cussler continues writing about Dirk Pitt and writing himself into the stories, self-serving or not.
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Summary: Pitt is the Pits
Review: This was my first and definitely last Cussler book. I couldbarely finish it. I'm all for escapism and fantasy but there's no need to be stupid about it. The guy isults ones intelligence. I am amazed that this guy sold a single book, yet alone 90 million.
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Summary: Pitt is the Pits
Review: This was my first and definitely last Cussler book. I could barely finish it. I'm all for escapism and fantasy but there's no need to be stupid about it. The guy isults ones intelligence. I am amazed that this guy sold a single book, yet alone 90 million.
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Summary: Three or four stories in one nice long book!
Review: Dirk Pitt is one of the nicest, most interesting characters Ihave encountered in a long time. His pal, Al, is a great sidekick. These stories are at times slightly implausible but I disagree with the readers who feel Clive Cussler doesn't do his research. Each part of the book, from the typhoon, to the mountain and lakeside retreat, to the island off Hong Kong to the bayous of Louisiana-it's a fast-paced, interesting read. What I like best about Cussler, besides the characters, settings and descriptions is the fact he's not preachy. It's too boring, kind of like commercials, to have heavy-handed pontificating. None here! Just entertainment and escapism at it's best.
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Summary: Three or four stories in one nice long book!
Review: Dirk Pitt is one of the nicest, most interesting characters I have encountered in a long time. His pal, Al, is a great sidekick. These stories are at times slightly implausible but I disagree with the readers who feel Clive Cussler doesn't do his research. Each part of the book, from the typhoon, to the mountain and lakeside retreat, to the island off Hong Kong to the bayous of Louisiana-it's a fast-paced, interesting read. What I like best about Cussler, besides the characters, settings and descriptions is the fact he's not preachy. It's too boring, kind of like commercials, to have heavy-handed pontificating. None here! Just entertainment and escapism at it's best.
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Summary: Loved it!
Review: Dirk Pitt is a great character, as well as the supporting cast. Cussler has a great imagination.
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Summary: This book is a high- actoin thriller. One of Cussler's best.
Review: Though I've only started to read Clive cussler novels, he is my favorite author. This is also his best book so far that I've read. In this adventure Dirk Pitt stumbles upon a secret Illegal immigrant smuggling operation operated by the owner of a major chinese shipping corperation.
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Summary: Reliable derring-do.
Review: Dirk Pitt goes up against a particularly vicious and clever adversary in this complicated and multi-layered action tale.
Pitt, acting under orders from the President, teams with old partner Al Giordino and beautiful INS agent Julia Lee, to combat the brilliant and wealthy Qin Shang, in a fast moving narrative which involves human cargo, murder, sunken treasure, and a race against an impending disaster which can kill thousands.
Cussler is a master of the form, and this latest paperback is sure to please old fans, and anyone else looking for some first class action entertainment.(The "score" rating is an unfortunately ineradicable feature of the page. This reviewer does not "score" books.)
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Summary: Cussler delivers as always but not his best
Review: I had read reviews of this book before reading it and was predisposed to not enjoy it as much as others. I did enjoy it, as always getting caught up in the escapism and the action; yes its been done before, yes the characters never change, the settings do, but as always its Dirk versus whoever and as always Dirk comes out on top, satisfyingly so. Not Cussler's best but for easy, fast paced reading, its good entertainment that will not disappoint
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