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Summary: Pretty plausible storyline, unfortunately!
Review: If McVeigh can 'do' Oklahoma City, and car bombs can get 200+ U.S.marines as well as 19 airmen, what's to say that any target on the planet isn't vulnerable? The story was rather well paced throughout, although I think that in the British Authors' Hall of Fame, Shakespeare needn't worry about any displacement by Patrick Robinson. As far as style, "Nimitz Class" in many ways resembles the old western genre, read and forget. Except for the premise of terrorism, which is always going to keep us in harm's way. Military or otherwise. I've been nervous about military stability ever since we lost the Evil Empire as our number one adversary; somehow, author Robinson played very well on that theme. The chaos in the former USSR is the generator for dispersing their once formidable, but controlled, military hardware. Now, we can only guess whose finger is on the trigger, as Robinson so well tells us. Grammatically proper or not, we should heed his words, and check six. Back to the story, Laura might have been Ado Annie, in "Oklahoma". She can't say no.
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Summary: It is good
Review: This book was very well written and was a good thriller that kept me reading until I finished. There were two things about this book that could have been done better. First, the ending could be better, it seems if Robinson was rushing to finish the book, and didn't put as much energy into the ending as the rest of the book. Second was its similarities to the Hunt for Red October. However, the book was great, and I recommend it to anyone who likes military fiction
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Summary: An aircraft carrier disappears -- so does the story
Review: I'm a frequent bus rider in a large metropolitan city, so I find myself reading lots of books. I was especially thrilled to pick up NIMITZ CLASS to help pass the time by reading a fictional account of a disaster that could potentially become reality in the near future. I was VERY disappointed to find that this novel is a lumbering mess -- a story about American reaction to a worldwide calamity told by a Brit with no sense for our culture. The dialogue is laughable; the technical explanations far from accurate. The whole book seemed to be structured like a fat balloon that was slowly loosing air. An iceberg would have been a better nemisis than the convulted mess created by Robinson. My advice to anyone contemplating picking up this door stop: Stick with Tom Clancy novels.
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Summary: Fantastic and Imaginative
Review: I don't understand why people are being so hard on this book. It takes place in 2002, I think some things may have changed by then. People don't account for this and just put the book down. It may not be the best book I have read but it is sure as heck not the worst.
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Summary: English scribbler attempts American characters; FAILS.
Review: Only my obsessive/compulsive personality required me to finish this awful book, which I hate to classify as a military techno-thriller, because the author's lack of familiarity with all aspects of life in an American military service reduce this work to a parody. Others have addressed the author's abysmal research of technical details; I will only say that such sloppy work insults the reader, and demonstrates the author's contempt for his audience. Forget the stilted, often comical dialogue between American military personnel; I doubt that the author has ever bothered to listen to Americans of ANY stripe in conversation. The dialogue is Anglicized to the point that no American could ever imagine that these were fellow Americans in conversation. The man can't even get his characters to swear properly. Don't waste your time or money on this drivel. This British scribbler bought a copy of Jane's Fighting Ships and had a beer or two with a Royal Navy Admiral, then decided he was Tom Clancy. NEWSFLASH: He's NOT. Suggestion: Try Fortunes of War by Stephen Coonts (St. Martin's Press). Coonts has Walked the Walk. Robinson can't even Talk the Talk.
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Summary: An amazing book
Review: This truly is an amazing book. It is very rare to read a book where ALL the characters are completely empty stereotypes, the plot gets gradually less and less interesting and all that is left is semi-fascist propaganda. How reassuring to read about all these "great men" out there, ready to kill some "towelheads" for us! And in the most efficient manner of course. The author comes through like some sort of military "groupie" or immature teenage fan -- a "wannabe" military hero who made the mistake of having his daydreams printed. And I really regret the mistake I made by buying the book.
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Summary: Classy techno thriller...hard to put down
Review: Robinson uses the phrase, "the great man" for just about anyone of statue or rank throughout the book. It becomes a "buzz word" for anyone of rank or position who the author apparently holds in awe..."the great man (U.S. president); "the great man" (Bristish admiral}; "the great man" (Israeli general); etc...etc.. otherwise it was/is a very interesting work which held my attention throughout
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Summary: Pathetic drivel full of linguistic and technical errors.
Review: Dorothy Parker wrote a review aeons ago which simply said "I put this book down and could not pick it up." Ditto with this nasty mess. The author has never apparently been near any of the military activities he presumes to portray, and it shows. The inaccuracies are so frequent and continuous that the mind reels. The book was given to me by an avid techo-thriller reader who said he didn't want it back and I could do what I wanted with it. I read about 20 awful pages and sent it on to a Naval aviator friend, a retired Rear Admiral and F-14 pilot, himself an excellent writer of books on naval aviation, who experienced the same cog-diss. Who accepts and publishes this sort of trash? It would make a bad doorstop or coffee coaster.
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Summary: This author needs to read "The Elements of Style."
Review: Since when are "yessir" and "nossir" words? What dictionary is Robinson using? And, how, about, the, abundance, of, useless, commas?Plus, the unnecessary vulgar language put me off. Why throw in a "f**k" or "goddammit" (again, a new word) for no reason? Like those words will really make me pay more attention to what the top officials in our armed forces say. Also, the forced relationship between the playboy Commander and the MARRIED Laura smacked of the typical disrespect of the marriage covenant--not to mention the fact that they only knew each other for 12 hours before they "fell in love." Lastly--since when are US subs/ships equipped with nuclear weapons? Do your research, Robinson!
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Summary: Very good techno-thriller
Review: I have had a great time reading this book. I have really appreciated the high-tech background which made me discover the secret world of submarines. However, the interaction between the different characters lacked in my point of view in "humanity". I have also appreciated the "British" touch, so that I am now sure to purchase the next book of P. Robinson.
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