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Summary: IT's Good EXcept For.....
Review: The Book Timeline is very good except for his explanation of the quatom technology. It is hard to understand the technology but will not ruin the book with that small problem. The other sections of the book of which take place in the past seem very written and researched on. The ending is also very good and you will not expect what happens except all that all the main characters survive.
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Summary: Missing Pages!
Review: I think I would have been able to enjoy this book more had I been able to read it straight through, instead of having to look for missing pages! My pages 275-306 were duplicated from other pages in the book. To my dismay, the missing pages were nowhere to be found. What kind of publishing goof-up do you call this!
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Summary: Brain Orgasm
Review: I simply enjoy Chrichton's writing, after reading all his fictional books, I can say that this was a treat, as were the others. I like his way of explaining difficult scientific material to where a simple person like I, can honestly understand it. He makes me feel intelectual and his writing is an orgasm for the brain.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: My first Crichton book and I thought it was excellent, I was absorbed from the first to the last page. His descriptions allowed me to paint wonderful images in my mind of how "I" pictured 14h century France.
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Summary: Very Entertaining!
Review: I had trouble putting this book down. Very interesting plot and wonderfully exciting story. The author has an excellent grasp of the time period he's writing about. I'm certain this book will end up a major motion picture. Highly recommended reading.
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Summary: An entertaining joy ride!
Review: I thought that this book was a non-stop page turner! I didn't want it to end - I can't wait for the movie! My only complaint is that it was too short!
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Summary: A setup for a movie
Review: I'll admit it - I was a little disappointed with this book. I was hoping for a story at the level of Jurassic Park, and ended up with something obvious and contrived like Sphere. I really feel like this was a book written with the express intention of going directly to the big screen. Don't get me wrong - I did enjoy the book (and will probably see the movie), but I certainly wouldn't call it one of the author's best stories. I did find the quantum physics aspect of the book fascinating - prompting me to dig out some old books and do a little online research, even though understanding it certainly wasn't critical to the overall story. I also felt that the story had been kind of slapped together without any real thought to flow or cohesion. Maybe the rewriting and editing will take place with the screenplay.So many of the cliffhanger moments and situations were contrived, and the characters lacked any real depth or convincing interaction. They spent almost no time doing 'mundane' things like eating or going to market. I think it would have been more realistic to have the characters need a knife, say, and have to go to market to get one. Or to find an inn to eat at. Or, dare I say it, have to relieve themselves. I also would have liked to have had more involvement from the police officer and doctor from the beginning of the story, but that would have led to a very different ending I think. Overall an enjoyable read. I received this as a Christmas gift, and it will get passed around to at least 6 or 7 family members, so the cover price will have been worth it in the end. If I had paid full cover price and no one else would read it beside me, I'd be annoyed at how much I'd spent.
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Summary: Great boook!
Review: An easy read that kept me on the edge of my seat. A must read for anyone
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Summary: Half finished and fairly disappointed
Review: I am a huge Crighton fan and have read all but 2 of his books, but in his latest work, I feel that he is compromising something. I think this is a fun, light read, but not impressed. MC needs to go back and visit his original writing style and I think he will be on top again.
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Summary: Perhaps a better title would be Medieval Park.
Review: I was sorely disappointed by this story which is nothing but a recycling of the Jurassic Park tale. We once again have a misguided (evil?) individual who wants to create the ultimate theme park ride for vacationers. There are plenty of two-dimensional characters, including the story's hero, who studies dead languages, jousting, sword-fighting and archery in his spare time. All of this just happens to come in handy when he needs to travel back to medieval Europe. I guess he just knew that one day he would need all this archaic expertise in order to fill the holes in Mr. Crichton's plot. The descriptions of medieval England are wonderfully detailed, but even there the world the author has invented is peopled with uninteresting, flat characters who behave like villains in an Errol Flynn movie.
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