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Summary: Grow Up
Review: I can't believe I keep reading this dribble. The stories are fair, but the characters seem to keep getting more moronic. I can't figure out who is older - the cliches or the characters (who seem to be going through a neverending mid life crisis). This is the last Clive Cussler book I buy. My suggestion is to get this one at the library and spend your money on good books.
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Summary: Pure Pitt pleasure!
Review: I don't understand the negative reviews! This is Dirk Pitt! This is Clive Cussler! If you don't like the characters, the plots, the style, why are you reading this book? Cussler never fails to deliver nonstop, fascinating action blended seamlessly with superb historical and technological research. Whether he goes by Dirk Pitt or "Dad" Cussler, you have to love this guy! Thank you for another wonderous adventure, Mr. Cussler. I understand how long research takes, but please hurry with your next one!
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Summary: stunning again
Review: Again Clive Cussler has Dirk Pitt in all his glory and a story line to go with it that could be close to actual events and history. We all know that sometimes the action gets carried away but that is what we read fiction for. Mr. Cussler rates a 10 and always will.
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Summary: Cussler's best yet!
Review: Atlantis Found is without a doubt the best Dirk Pitt adventure yet. This time Pitt is back with Al Giordino, Adm. Sandecker, and a host of others as they try to uncover the mystery behind a sealed chamber within a Colorado mountain. Filled with adventure and excitement, Atlantis Found is must-read for Pitt fans. Even if you've never read Cussler's stuff before, read this book! Great stuff.
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Summary: Atlantis Flops!
Review: I've never read a Clive Cussler book before this one and I hope to god I never read another one.Exciting plot ideas, wonderfully exotic settings, lots of action: this book should be great. Somehow, though, Cussler manages to rob the story of any depth or believability with his dull characters and boring style of writing. Cussler repeats several mistakes untill they become madening: 1. Bad Exposition: The Characters are CONSTANTLY telling one another things that they already know in an effort to clue the reader in. It renders the dialog (and the whole story) unrealistic and boring. 2. Plot over Characters: This book seems to focus on the wild situations in which the characters always find themselves, instead of on the CHARACTERS themselves. After reading the book I still can't really tell you how the characters are different from one another. (I think Giordino is supposed to be the sarcastic one.) The point is I didn't care about any of the characters because they just seemed like props to help Cussler spin out these wild situations. 3. Cheesey Main Character: Cussler tries so hard to make Dirk Pit cool (cool name, fast cars, fast women, clever quips, always saves the day) that he just comes off as a cheesey caricature of an action hero. I have more complaints but I'll stop here. Overall, the lesson to be learned from this book is: really exciting plot ideas cannot save a poorly written book with dull characters. One star for some cool plot ideas.
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Summary: A non-stop thriller that you will enjoy!
Review: I don't care what the other people have said about this book. Dirk Pitt is one of the most amazing heroes in any book today. Giordino is also one of the best. Clive Cussler hooks up with a great plot and endless suspense. A must for Clive Cussler fans. I not only recomend it, I support it 100%!
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Summary: Only for the most undiscerning of readers...
Review: This was my first Clive Cussler book, and it will also be my last... How can anyone get away with publishing a book so appallingly written? To describe the characters as two dimensional would be crediting them with one too many dimensions. While the plot may be derivative, it does I suppose, entertain and would probably make a better 'exploding helicopter' movie than it does a book. By far the worst aspect of this book though is the quality of the writing: it is so bad it would make even the clumsiest amateur blush with shame. Cussler hasn't the faintest clue when it comes to believable dialogue, his handling of exposition is atrocious (people spout what seems like whole sections of text books at each other throughout the book), there are also entire paragraphs of unnecessary detail because he just *has* to make use of his research materials... The editor of this book should have sent it back with a note saying "Rejected: re-write completely". Or was there even an editor? I see little evidence to suggest that even the laziest critical eye was passed over this book before it went to print. I'd have given it no stars, but unfortunately that wasn't an option.
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Summary: entertaining
Review: This is my first Cussler novel and although the dialogue was a bit flat and stilted the fast paced action kept me turning the pages. I must admit I am hooked on Dirk Pitt and plan to read his other Bond-like adventures.
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Summary: Clive's second best book
Review: Atlantis found is superb! So good to see Dirk Pitt back in full form, running all over the world with Al... it seems that in each chapter they somehow escape death and danger. It's all so well presented, so believable and a real adventure-packed page turner. Second to only "Sahara"... this book gets major high marks.
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Summary: Not on the top 10 list
Review: I thought the book was totally gay
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