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Summary: WOW! What an out of this world, shoot'em up, blow'em up ride
Review: I hope someone makes a movie out of this book. The slowly walk you into the book for the first 30-40 pages and get you on the edge of your seat, then without a warning the bullets fly and the explosions rock your world. I couldn't put the book down. If you love action, then you'll love this book
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Summary: FAST Paced and Action Packed
Review: This book was so action packed that I couldn't put it down. I would really like to see this turned into a movie.
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Summary: Die Hard on Steroids!
Review: Be prepared when you start this book to have the ride of a lifetime! This is one relentless and exciting read. It's hard to believe a writer could come up with so many action situations; crisis after crisis; it's a breathtaking rollercoaster of a novel!Reilly gives us a lot of incredible and probably improbable scenarios, but in a book like this, who cares? Suffice to say, it has everything an action book should have, and would make one whale of a movie (no pun intended!). It even has a heroic seal named Wendy! A mathematical whiz kid in Kirsty. And an indomitable, fearless, ingenuous, gentle, deformed, masculine hero that has you rooting for him all the way through. Shane Schofield is his name, and he is a great literary creation. The novel is populated with great characters---both heroes and villains---and Reilly makes them credible even in incredible situations. It was hard to put this book down, it is such a rush! Read it and have a great time!
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Summary: Absolutely Ridiculous
Review: I won't spoil the story for any readers who feel bound and determined to waste their money on this collection of idiocy, but you'd be better off watching an old James Bond movie than reading this "book". We have NATO partners committing acts of war against each other, both in the Antarctic and in their home countries. We have miraculous weapons which appear and dissappear as needed regardless of the story line. The phrase "deux ex machina" (God in the machine) comes to mind with the nonsense that we see. The hero needs some esoteric piece of equipment, no problem, he will swim unaided in Antarctic waters and find an ice station that suddenly appears out of the ages with just what he needs. Chased by killer whales? No sweat, just press a magic button on a magic crossbow (which we are to believe is what the US Marine Corps chooses to arm their Recon Forces with) and be whisked out of danger. Expect more silliness like this, including things that even Albert Broccoli would never have had the nerve to put into a Bond movie. This book should be kept as a text in Creative Writing courses under the heading, "What Not To Do When Writing an Alleged Techno-Thriller). The author would have done well to remember that the phrase techno-thriller implies technology that works, and some honesty in the story lines and plot twists. Ridiculous, absurd and a waste of good paper.
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Summary: THIS BOOK IS GREAT!!!!!!!
Review: Okay..... listen close. Obviously, you will hear a lot of different opinions on this book. But let me tell you, it is great. One of the most gripping books I have ever read. I will definately read Matt Reilly's new book, "Temple", when it is released. As for the people writing one or two star reviews.... I feel sorry for them. They must be smug, or unhappy. Or, they don't have an imagination that can get them involved into a good story. This book was fun! I read the whole 500 page book in a day and a half! And let me tell you..... I read slow! So, read this book! You will love it!
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Summary: Action, action, and more action!
Review: The pace is just insane; it never lets up! Reilly just keeps dropping you into firefight after fistfight after knifefight after chase scene after monster attack. There were, however, some inaccuracies regarding the US military that I chalked up to Reilly being an Australian citizen: for example, the hero, Marine 1LT Shane "Scarecrow" Schofield, is said to have once held the rank of lieutenant commander while being a Marine, and that the USS Wasp is part and parcel of the Marine Corps. But it's still a wild story whose main action occurs almost entirely over the course of a single day.
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Summary: Don't make the same mistake I did!
Review: No exaggeration, this is the worst book I have ever read, and I read a lot of bad books. I think the original forward said something like "deer mr Jerry Bruckheimer, this iz my movie skript. I rote it at recess. pleeze make it a movie." What is most upsetting is that it had real potential. I think a technical advisor and a couple more cycles through the editor would have really turned this into a good, entertaining read. Instead, we get something that reads like the stories I used to write in my junior high school creative writing class. Teacher: "Mr. Reilly, your assignment is to write a story using every silly action movie cliché at least twice." Student: "Even the really stupid ones that have been considered done-to-death since the mid 1980s?" Teacher: "Use each of those at least 10 times." Other reviewers have mentioned his overuse of italicized words, so I won't get into that, but how many exclamation points do I need to tell me that something is supposed to be exciting? Shouldn't I be able to figure that out by myself? "Then Scarecrow pulled out his gun!! And a grenade with a five second fuse came bouncing around the corner! Then Scarecrow ran and saved his friends! And he said something witty!! And did 12 other things that would take at least 10 minutes of time to do! Then the grenade went off!!" As far as accuracy goes, I am usually willing to forgive a lot, but is there actually anyone in the world who believes that killer whales would hunt people like this? Is there any part of the world that hasn't been subjected to "Free Willy"? I would not have been more shocked if it had been a group of baby chickens that had swam up out of the depths and started eating everyone. I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop -- for the author to tell us that the whales were genetically modified or specially trained by the French, or that radiation had altered them, or anything. But no. He (and all of his proofreaders) just didn't know any better. If you are under 14 years old, think jean-claude van damme is a great actor, or live in a plastic bubble, you will probably love this book. Otherwise, don't waste your time. I would have burned my copy, but the neighbor's cat had already dragged it off and buried it deep in his sandbox.
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Summary: Highly enjoyable if sometimes highly implausible
Review: This is one of those books that you need to park your sense of reality and common sense in the garage and take the bus of enjoyment and action instead. The pace is fast, the action intense, and the plot somewhat bizarre. The best way to describe this book is a mix of James Cobb, James Herbert, with a (heavy) dose of Macgyver thrown in. Really the only thing I found annoying (and unfortunately he uses it a lot in his next book, "Temple" as well, which I'm halfway through) is his generous use of italics and exclamation marks to highlight what he thinks are important and exciting phrases - I'm afraid it makes it feel like almost like a bad comic book. Apart from that, a great read.
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Summary: Fantastic!!!
Review: Based on a review I read on the Internet, I bought the book. I got home from the store at around 3:30 pm and fininshed the book at around 8:30 pm... I cannot believe how over the top entertaining this book was.
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Summary: CAPTAIN MARVEL TAKES THE ANTARCTIC!
Review: This was a fun book; just as if I were reading my favorite comic book. The author is a very good-natured gee-whiz type of guy. Lots of italics and lots of !!!! The pace is fast, furious and highly readable. Many reviewers commented on its "movie-like" qualities. I have a qualifier; the movie should be animated with Bruce Willis doing the voice of the intrepid, industructable hero. I recommend Ice Station, you'll have a good time!
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