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4.0 out of 5 stars Gave me chills, 29 Aug 1999

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This review is from: 8.4 (Hardcover)

I had the mixed blessing of bringing this book with me on a trip through Kennett, MO to Memphis, TN. In the evenings, I would be reading about all of the earth changes that devastated the places where I had just visited....If you live anywhere in the Midwest, this book is terrifying because you can picture what's happening!

The author's plot holds together as the earth splits apart, and he allows us to visit some ordinary citzens as well as the scientists ands and politicians dealing with the disaster. Some grammatical problems (incomplete sentences) kept me from giving this 5 stars, but in a way this flaw (fault?) causes the novel to read like a news article. This makes it more realistic!

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3.0 out of 5 stars 8.4 reads more like 4.8, 14 Jun 1999

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This review is from: 8.4 (Hardcover)

Basically, the idea of a major earthquake that rocks the Mid-West is an interesting while frightening concept and the author manages to pull off some of the exictment with ease. It's the characters that aren't as interesting and an outrageous love interest that shakes the reader more than the novel itself. Fortunately, the author's saving grace is his research on the history of the New Madrid Zone and his Clancy/Crichton-like knowledge of seismic engineering and nuclear weapons. Overall, not a bad story and one destined to become a prime-time mini-series.

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1.0 out of 5 stars The Earth Didn't Shake When I Read It, 24 May 1999

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If you want a vague idea about what life will be like in the U.S. when a big earthquake hits, don't bother to read this book. All the one-dimensional, stereotypical scientists in this book are doing is running around from one implausible location to another.