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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
As much fun as eating a whole tub of Cookie Ice Cream alone., 7 Jan 2002
Following the familiar Dan Brown relentless chasing formula, this book zips the reader through all 360 pages with ruthless vervour around some particular tight blind corners even by Mr Browns standards.
The story revolves around the events both political and personal surrounding the discovery of an alien meteorite, but even at the political level it's the personal characters that make this book an intense rush of a read.
I almost didn't order this book when I noticed it was billed as an American political thriller, but don't let that put you off its as accessible as Disney in summer and twice the fun.
This book is excellent.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Entertaining, 22 Oct 2003
I have been able to read this book while relaxing during a nile cruise (in Egypt). The fact that I was able to read it during such a cruise shows how the book can keep a firm grip on you.
Technically the book is not really believable and it is not much provocating either (do not expect things a-la early Crichton). The story has a nice tempo and keeps the reader attention till the end, which honestly surprised me. I did not really expect it.
The bad side is that more than half of the book is one day of action .... and this seems a little bit too much for a day.
In a nutshell, it is a good read ... as long as you do not like analysing the technical details. A good alternative to the not-so-good latest Crichton books.
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2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Deception or Misconception, 13 Jul 2002
By A Customer
I brought this book recently, and whilst I enjoyed the suspense there were a number of mis-truths that caused me to mark the book down. At the end of the book there's a scene in a submersible, where Dan describes how the heroin is being subjected to enormous pressures. 'the suffocating grip pushing her dangerously close to unconsciousness' Anyone who has been diving knows that being subjected to increased pressure is not suffocating and certainly won't drive you to unconsciousness.
And the discovery of large insect fossils being explained as extra-terrestrial because insect size is determined by gravity and these inhabited a low gravity enivronment..pleeease, whilst this maybe a part truth, the biggest determination of insect size is their ability to absorb O2.
Otherwise, I would say that the book is a good bit thriller, and will help pass the time on the beach this summer.
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