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Summary: Truly enjoyable writer, with new plot and good characters
Review: I picked up USS Seawolf recently and read it very quickly. After that, I have read all of Robinson's books. I have since been quite impressed with this well spoken British man. I'm only 14, but I have been a HUGE fan of Tom Clancy since I was 10. I have admired his skill of building a character from The Hunt for Red October up to The Bear and the Dragon. With that said, I believe Patrick Robinson has alot of talent with this as well. He is not on the level of Clancy yet, but I would advise all Patrick Robinson fans to hold tight, and keep reading...he has written only 5 books. Clancy has written since the 1980's and has written over a dozen books. Robinson's books contain extremely acurate technical information (something essential to believable books), and he uses it well. He is not over bearing with it like Clancy sometimes is (The Sum of All Fears is a good example). Robinson also has a British feel to his writing that Clancy's books do not have (obviously, he isn't British), which some people say makes his writing difficult to read, but I find that it is in some accounts more vivid and "real". Bottom line: Keep your eye on Patrick Robinson, beause with time he will become a really great writer.
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Summary: Great untill the middle!
Review: This book was awesome-for the first part. The part when Benjamin Adnam is running aroumd in a submerine, shooting down airplanes is really cool. Then, when he arrives in Scotland, he is all of a sudden changed. It feels like the first part is written by a different person than the last part! This book deserves a much better ending. I would have given it five starts-except the boring, rushed ending!
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Summary: Good first half, but lost me in the second half
Review: This book seems to be two stories in one. The first half of the story involves a stolen sub, shot down airliners, and tension(!)...the second half starts off as a travel guide to Scotland and ends up being somewhat boring. There was one reviewer who said the story ground to a halt at page 200 and, while I felt is a little further than that, I must agree. All tension stopped and the story of how Ben suddenly became melancholy about his lost love Laura...how stupid. This guy has no problem killing hundreds of people then suddenly feels sorry about it?!?!?! Who wrote that? I think Patrick Robinson wrote the first half of the book and Danielle Steel wrote the second part.
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Summary: Wow, was that bad!
Review: I have nothing productive to say except that I finished the book on principle alone. I just wanted to be able to say that I had actually read the worst book ever written!Sorry I can't recount a more detailed review but you have to read it to believe it!
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Summary: Boring compared to Kilo Class
Review: H.M.S. Unseen was so boring in comparison to Kilo Class that I could have sworn they were written by different authors. I also don't think the plot line or main character were plausible. I would read Patrick Robinson again but would hope for something better than this.
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Summary: Best Book I Have EVER Read!
Review: Hello, I am a big fan of Robinson. I have read Nimitz Class, Kilo Class,and HMS Unseen. Unseen is my favorite of the three and in the world. You shouldn't believe those other people who say it was bad, Unseen was an awesome book. Hey, don't even listen to me, read it for yourself, and keep an open mind!
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Summary: A very suspensful book
Review: This book was very detailed and enthralling. I have never read a Patrick Robinson book,and I was very impressed by this work of art. He got me to the point where I was reading chapters a night, and to me books aren't everything. The content in the beginning was very good, and it showed class. Towards the middle, the action, although it was still there, seemed to mellow out. The ending where Admiral Morgan decided that Ben was enough was very short, and the ending seemed inappropiate compared to the rest of the novel. I think this book is to have some recognition, and should maybe get a bit more publicity, along with the author
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Summary: Mixed feelings
Review: I have mixed feelings about this author's writing. As a light read, maybe on a long plane flight, by someone who doesn't know much about military technology, it would be enjoyable. However, he has a bad habit of shifting reality around when the plot seems to need it rather than dealing with the world as it is. I don't know about other people but it is jarring for me. For example, the thought that Air Force One could be scanned by fire control radar and then tracked by a missile and nobody notices despite the finest ECM and detection gear available just boggles the mind. When none of the submarine experts in the USN are aware that several classes of CCCP submarines went to sea with SA-N-8 antiair missiles on their sails, I just hit a stone wall where willing suspension of disbelief is supposed to take place. One of these instances I could understand, but Robinson does it over and over again despite clearly knowing better. This sort of thing really interfers with my reading pleasure.
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Summary: Patrick Robinson Template Storyline
Review: This is another book that follows the same template as his previous book. IE a lone and very intelligent terrorists taught by a western admiral and is in love with the admiral's daughter. Very enjoyable though as the plot is quote original inspite of the template style. Author has a good understanding of submarines. Peter Lye Global Accounts Director Nortel Networks
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Summary: New Ending Please!
Review: What a bummer of an ending! Seriously, an absolutely riveting read for the first 300 pages, then disaster strikes! One of the most tame endings I think I have ever seen in a thriller! Please Mr. Robinson, go back and write an alternative ending! The fact that the majority of the book is brilliant only means the dissapointment is magnified by the poor ending! Read with caution. Honestly, alarm bells should ring like crazy in your head when in a 400 page thriller, you realise that the author is going to conclude it in less than 20 pages!! What happened, did his typewriter run out of ink?
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