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Summary: Entertaining as ever
Review: I could not put this book down. The entertainment value was in the setting of the book. A plane... A "titanic" type aircraft. Only for the rich, one of the first Trans-Atlantic flights... What a story.I think the value of Ken Follet is in the diversity of his books. Yes they seem to follow the path of "SPY thrillers" but none are EVEN REMOTELY close to being similar in any way... (I've only read half his books so far though). But i just want to say that the book was very entertaining, and has, in my opinion, kept up to the standards that Follet has created for himself. I will say this as my only negative critisism: The book did jump around a slight bit, (Not that it was hard to comprehend, but you felt like you wanted the part of the story to continue, before he whisks you away to a different sub-plot). Also i felt slightly impatient at parts of the book, and just wanted the story to "wrap up!"... But in time it does, and is well worth the "build up". Honestly. Who can write a better book about a single flight??? He could write a masterpiece with only a square closet as the setting, I'm sure of it... I would call this book : killer!
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Summary: Reasonably Follett, not great, just entertaining.
Review: I enjoyed the light tension of the many story lines that Follett has again imbedded into this book. Not only is this book's story entertaining, but also somewhat educational, as usual. I was somewhat dismayed by a mistake in the last two pages: there is no large City of St.John north of the Bay of Fundy, but rather a City of Saint-John (the people of Saint-John would tell you and so would the post office)! This book was a reasonably good one to read after "Pillars...","...Freedom",...Needle" and "...Fortune"
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Summary: i want a ride in a seaplane after reading this
Review: i love folletts way of bringing together history and a story. this one needs a bit more history and a bit less fluff, i still enjoyed reading every page.
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Summary: Always count on being pleased.
Review: I marvel at the fact that Mr. Follett continues to write pleasing books.They are full of action,plenty of sociology to consider and with his understanding of the English and American personal views are without a question, outstanding. I have regressed in reading this one, somehow I missed it years ago. It is the twelfth I have read, I shall enjoy continuing to read his novels. Always a joy.
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Summary: My First Follett Book, Very Impressive!
Review: I read this book over vacation and really enjoyed it. Certainly one of the best written books I've ever read. The characterization and style make up for an odd climax and finale to the book. I'd certainly recommend it, and am looking forward to reading more of Follett's books.
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Summary: Tiny Bubbles....
Review: I read this book right after reading "Pillars of the Earth." That might have been a mistake. I thought PotE was a great book. I thought Night Over Water was just awful. Trite, poor characterizations, uninspired. I can't believe others raved about it. I can't believe it's by the same author as Pillars, Eye of the Needle, Key to Rebecca, etc. I have read Pillars several times and feel it is a great read. I gave Night Over Water away right after I read it. Read at your own literary peril.
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Summary: My first Follett book, not bad
Review: I thought this story was interesting enough to keep you reading and I found the concept of a flying overnight boat to be interesting. I love books that take place during world war 2 so I liked the setting as well. The characters, to me, acted fine, they were much better drawn than people in some of the other books I read and they acted understandably. Diana got jealous, and sulky, Margeret had surprising dimensions as you read through the book ( at the beginning she seems like a good little crusader), I liked Harry's character, I thought he was really amusing. I didn't think Nancy was that interesting but she gave the book flavor, and I liked Mervyn more than I liked Diana's other lover. The political situations and beliefs added spice to the story, as well as the conflicts.
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Summary: My first Ken Follet book, but not my last.
Review: I'm always excited when I read an author for the first time and decide that I will read more books by that author. I got Night over Water for Christmas and was immediately transported to 1939 and the flight across the Atlantic on the PanAm Clipper. Follet grabbed me with his characterization which made each page enjoyable. The climax wrapped up a bit too nicely, but getting there was great fun.
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Summary: Quality storytelling
Review: I've refrained from comment on two previously heard audiobooks by Follett because they were only abridgments. But Night Over Water was the long version, and I'm happy to finally get the opportunity to praise Ken Follett's exceptional storytelling. He's head and shoulders over most of his peers at creating engaging characters and combining their various stories into a strong dramatic narrative - all within a convincing historical context. In this case, it was a transatlantic flight from England to America at the outbreak of WWII. In A Dangerous Fortune, it was the financial world of turn-of-the-century London, and in A Place Called Freedom it was Scottish coal mines of the early 19th century. I give Night Over Water only 3 stars because I didn't enjoy it quite as much as these other titles, however he maintains a consistently high level of craftmanship in each of these diverse efforts. He's no high literary stylist, but he's never embarrassing either. The action is inventive but not contrived, the dialogue is never excrutiatingly unnatural, the characters are well differentiated but never cliched. It's just sturdy, reliable storytelling, which is a rarer commodity than one might think.
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Summary: The Clipper
Review: It is a thriller with much new information about how Boeings' ugly duckling took from water to flight. Well all ducklings know how to swim and how to fly. They should have come up with "Duckling" rather than with "Boeing" or "Airbus". The Clipper is a sea-going vessel that becomes airborne. It can only land in tranquil water or burst to pieces. It cannot land on the ground... hey, ugly duckling! It wasn't so ugly, because it had more luxury than any of our modern passenger crafts. Would I have flown with it? Heck, no! But nobility, snobility, and greedability enter in 1939 to fly or hijack such craft? You bet on it! Even then..... Hijacking is just a modern word for bucaneering, pirating etc. Clippers have throughout history been prone to it whether on water or in the air. This is a Ken Follett masterpiece. ...
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