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Summary: Most interesting book i've read in a long time
Review: I love this book and i understood it perfectly since im studying for a job in the aviation field.
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Summary: I must have missed something...
Review: Because I didn't like this book at all. It was bogged down w/ technical jargon. It didn't refer to the underlying intrigue enough. The only reason I continued w/ the book is because I kept thinking it would get better. The ending was okay, but not worth reading all the other boring chapters to get to it. This is the first Crichton book I read and I was very disappointed.
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Summary: One of Crichton's best
Review: Great characters, great story with lots of the usual Crichton detail. Definitely recommended.
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Summary: this is the one to grab off the shelf.
Review: A must read ***** superb storytelling by Crichton. The best book by him. A great ending to boot.
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Summary: Excellent! Crichton's Second Best Novel...
Review: ... only behind by Sphere (I recommed that as well). Airframe is an accurately told story with some of the best characters in history, and by far the author's best characters (except for in Sphere). Interesting points and humorous sterotypes towards the reporters. Crichton HIMSELF said that he believed ALL reporters are that way.
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Summary: Great book by Crichton
Review: A very enjoyable book yet not one of Crichton's best. But fun nonetheless...
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Summary: The best Crichton's ever written
Review: This is absolutely my favourite book by Michael Crichton. He may have a medical degree, but he writes about journalism, the media and politics with much more insight than the condescending attitudes of his scientist characters. This book is Crichton at his best--backed up, as ever, by extensive research into the topic, a cast of hugely realistic characters to love and love to hate, and, of course, an intriguing mystery thrown in to boot. Casey Singleton is a classic Crichton heroine--world-weary, wise, and an expert in her field, she reminds me of Sarah Harding from "The Lost World", except Casey has a REAL job. The realism of the plot is one of the main factors in making this one of Crichton's best books--all of this could really happen. I've seen other reviewers bellyache about the mundaneness of the final solution to the aircrash, but isn't that the most chilling note to the whole plot? Just how easily all this chaos was caused? Sleazy journalists, wise colleagues, a comical team of experts called in to exammine the aircraft, and at the centre of it all Casey Singleton, trying to save the company and at the same time trying to stop herself becoming the scapegoat to be sacrificed to the media: for me, this makes a brilliant novel. The final pages will blur by--and when you sit back with a sigh of relief, the underplayed conclusion to this book behind you, there is the final message: Don't believe everything you read in the papers. Well, I said it was realistically underplayed, didn't I?
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Summary: The Best Crichton Novel I've read yet!
Review: So far, I have become a Crichton fanatic, reading THE LOST WORLD, THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, and JURASSIC PARK. All of them being good (some being better than others), but this being the best, I zipped through it in a few days, never knowing what was going to happen yet, getting fascinated in Airplanes while I notice the excellent storytelling by Micheal Crichton. He gives accurate detail, a solid story, and the best characters he's made yet. Slowly but surely, I believe his SPHERE will beat this out as my favorite book written by him (I haven't finished it yet), but for now, it's his best book. I wish I never finished it because I wanted it to go one forever. I especially liked the way he played Dick Shenk, Jennifer Malone, and Mardy Reardon out. It seemed just like the way reporters would be. Excellent book, Crichton's best.
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Summary: Audio Cassette abridgement totally misses the plot
Review: This is a superb book, with a clever ending. However, the audio cassette version unfortunately does not make sense - it wasn't until I read the book to see what was missing that the reason the Newsline story could not legally be aired. Get the cassette if you want - it's a good story - but you will be better off reading the book to see what is really happening!
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Summary: It was great and very well writen.
Review: The vocabulary was great for my extenstive learning, considering I'm only 13 years of age.
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