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Summary: AirFrame
Review: This is one of Crichton's best novels. It kept me intrested from beginning to end. This book was hard to put down. the very best
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Summary: MC Pulls Through Yet AGAIN
Review: WOW. How can one author write a 350+ page book about airplanes and at the same time allow the reader to enjoy every part of it? This book is excellent, yet I would recommend (if you're deciding about buying a MC book) his newest-Timeline. Airframe was almost as good but not quite. I found the exhaustive airplane terminology boring and felt that it slowed down the novel. However, airplane terminology was much needed for Airframe. The reader does not need to know about airplanes to enjoy the book though since MC's masterful skill of allowing each character to discuss a specific part of the airplane allows the reader to better understand the "airplane" as a whole. I would have given this book a 4.5 star rating. So if you enjoy reading about airplanes, or would like to know more about them, read this book. If you're more into physics/chemistry, time travel and the medieval era, read Timeline.
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Summary: Good read, but not his best
Review: After finishing Michael Crichton's latest book Airframe, I have to conclude that, while the book was pretty entertaining, it was not quite up to the standards set by Crichton's previous novels. Other books by this author including Jurrasic Park and Andromeda Strain became bestsellers because of the suspensful writing combined with interesting characters and detailed technical explanations. While Airframe does deliver on the technical interest, which I greatly enjoyed, the tense scenes were not written quite as well and were fewer in number. Despite the relative lack of action scenes, there were enough to make the book satisfactory entertainment, and there were some insights into the media world that were both unexpected and apprecaited, as I find that subject to be very interesting. The technical explanations that Crichton is famous for were also very well done in this book, and I found th obeservations on the aircraft manufacturing industry and the airline industry to be very interesting. Parts of the novel also managed to invoke emotion into the reader, mainly outrage at the behavior of the media in the novel. The plot of the book was reasonably well organized, with a decent-sized pool of characters. The events were connected well and were easy to understand, but character development was fairly limited. We only get a good understanding of one character since the author focuses primarily on the events. Overall, I enjoyed this book, but I wouldn't rank it among the best novels that I've read.
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Summary: A must read. If you fly a lot though, don't read this book!
Review: If you are not into books with a lot of technical and industry jargon, then this book is not for you. But if you like being on the edge of your seat, and can handle the sheer amount of detailed information being thrown at you on every page, then this book is for you! This book follows the same form that every other book that Crichton has written in that he throws in a lots and lots of technical information. A fact that stands out to me is a lot of the morons who gave it a bad review just couldn't handle this massive amount of data, and should have never tried to read a Crichton novel. They should stick with the little Golden Books they read as children. Disclosure was exactly the same way in that respect. The movie did not do Disclosure justice. And if the idiot who said something about the bad guy element doesn't think that insiders involved in an accident of this nature don't try to cover up vital evidence in real life better think again. This book is for the most part true to life, and could really happen. This is an A-1 piece of reading material for anyone ready for a good book. I read it in two days and I highly recommend it. Try Micheal's best book, A Case of Need. His best work by far!!
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Summary: This is an amazing book
Review: Michael Chrichton is an excellent author. You just have to know his style. His plots and charachter development are always good, and this novel is no exception. I've read "Airframe" at least 5 times now, because every time I read it I feel like I am entering Chrichton's mind. Sure, "Airframe" does have a lot of technical jargon in it, but that is just because it's what it's like at a place such as Boeing. 5 Stars Easy.
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Summary: Tipical Chrichton
Review: Only those who truly know what they are getting into when the read a Chrichton book can truly respect this book...it is Chrichton's style to go into enough detail about a field that you almost feel like you know enough to pass the final exam in the course on the subject...Airframe is beautifully written all the way through in my opinion, filled with details of the industry and a very intricate plot. A page turner to the last paragraph.
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Summary: A lees-then-satisfactory title
Review: This book lacks character development. Plus, there is SO much information in it that after a while the plot just gets lost and the reader just can't care anymore. You have to really be in the aircraft industry to fully enjoy this, but if you think about it in that way, strictly as an informational volume, then the book could work on a very shallow level.
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Summary: The most interesting story i've ever read! Truly Amazing
Review: From page one you are taken into Michael Crichton's world. He grabs your attention right from the begining and doesn't let go until it's over. This is a compulsive page-turner and keeps you reading right up to the last word. A must have book especially if you enjoy his other books. Well stop reading my review and get it for yourself. Trust me!
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Summary: laughably bad
Review: First of all, I should say that I listened to the abridged audio version, so take that should be taken into account.Crichton has a nack for taking interesting subject material and butchering it with a bad plot. This book is certainly no exception. Airframe is similar to the movie Twister, in that the insertion of the bad guy detracts from the interest in the chase. I don't understand how Crichton could write an in-depth book about a technical field and then dumb-down the plot so much as to make it appear like a made-for-TV movie. Oh, wait... I do understand... people will buy it. By "dumb-down" I don't mean to imply that the plot isn't intricate, but rather that the author believes that the only way to make a book about airline accident investigation interesting is to throw in external elements of suspense. In fact, these added elements are in themselves more significant than the actual investigation. There was one point in the book where I had to laugh out loud - shocked that this book and author are taken seriously. If it had happened earlier in the book, I would have quit listening right then.
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Summary: One of Chricton's Fines
Review: Michael Chricton seems to be on a roll, and his books keep getting more interesting. Although not his best ever, airframe balances techincal and buisness information with a thrilling plot and a mystery. A definate must-buy for fans of Chricton.
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