Inca Gold

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Summary: My son bought this book at a school book fair...
Review: and it was a few days until he could get it off of my hands long enought to read it himself! The plot and suspense are captivating, the adventure is thrilling. The only flaw in this book is that it ends. I really wished it had not.

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Summary: Enjoyed Cussler more in my teens
Review: I was an avid Cussler fan until I turned about sixteen. Now, at 28, I realize that I was too young to know any better! Cussler writes the most awkward, stilted dialogue imaginable. The historical diatribes by the archaeologists Kelsey and Rodgers, while interesting, read more like an encyclopedia article than a piece of dialogue. And the ubiquitous English/metric conversions throughout the book become tiresome in the extreme. (Pitt: "That boat is about 200 feet away." Giordino: "Gee, Dirk, that's over 60 meters!") Good escapism/bathroom reading type stuff. Buy it for your kids - at least it beats Nintendo.

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Summary: Learn from Indiana Jones and Vice Versa!
Review: I kind of wish that Cussler would have stayed with Dirk from beginning to end. There are too many chapters that interrupt and too many characters that really do not have much substance. The Dirk chapters were the most fun. Pitt and company could be even more humorous and more action-packed. Have characters more self-reliant and not Pitt-reliant all the time, but Pitt should be in each chapter. Tupac Amaru also deserved more time on the stage, and build up our desire for the Pitt and Amaru showdown! Lower the length of the book, but raise the focus on the protagonist and antagonist. This could be a good Indiana Jones movie script and possibly, a Dirk Pitt movie (after editing).

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Summary: Hmmm... I think I already read this one...
Review: No wait, that was just one of Cusslers' other books. After reading two or three of his books, Cussler's plots are easily predicted. Suken ship/ airplane, classic car, beautiful woman, ect. This book did little more than seal the coffin of my interest in his books. Thus is the fate of books written solely to make money...

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Summary: This book was awesome !!!!
Review: Inca gold was a great book! I wish Clive Cussler would make more books adapted for young readers I have read his other book Shock Wave and could not put it down i wish there were more great books like this !!!!!!!!

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Summary: Great-like an Indiana Jones movie on steriods!
Review: I loved this fast-paced action adventure, it was like watching ten Indiana Jones movies rolled into one!

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Summary: A series in need of new ideas.
Review: Mr Cussler's books have all the ingredients of typical escapist literature; romance, adventure, action, exotic locations and so on. If you only look for entertainment and your expectations are not too high you will have a good time reading one of his books. The problem arises when you pick up a second one. You will have the impression of having read the book already. You'll find a prologue set in the past telling some maritime disaster, and will encounter Pitt, Giordino ,Admiral Sandecker and one resourceful woman (not necessarily Loren Smith) in the future. Between incredible rescues and unbelievable chases you will have a break in between to visit Dirk's hangar in Washington DC and enjoy a ride on one of the models of his car collection. The car is different each time as well as the villain or evil corporation our heroes fight against. But that's it!. Inca Gold is no different than the others. But highly enjoyable if this is your first Cussler novel.

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Summary: If this was a movie, I would have demanded my money back!
Review: I cannot see how so many people have gotten hooked on this guy's writing. It is obviously geared to juvenile tastes (and I have no problem with that), but he is being sold as a 'serious' writer. Predictable plot, predictable characters, predictable outcome. Boring!

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Summary: Outstanding - Great escape from the real world!
Review: This was my fourth Cussler book and I don't plan to stop untill I've read them all! Having been left out in the cold by "the new Clancy" I needed to find another great author - well, I found him. This reading was unique and special because my 11 year old son was reading the Jr. version while I read the classic version. This spawned great dinner table conversations. My other son can't wait to start on it himself. Great characters, scenes, plots, sub-plots and more. Nicely done Mr. Cussler.

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Summary: Great escapist fun. Anyone would enjoy this book
Review: Inca Gold is probably one of Cussler's best novels ever. It contains all the usual elements that have made Cussler so popular. It's pretty hard on the mind at first (The outlandish plot and dense melodrama makes even the least cynical cringe), but once you get used to it, you realize that those elements just make the story more enjoyable. A perfect book for the beach.