Airframe

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Summary: I suppose every writer has a bad day.....
Review: I was really excited when i heard there was a new michael crichton novel coming out. I got a copy as soon as i could, raced home, cracked it open, and began to read, expecting the best. By the middle of the story, i was ready to give up, but i kept on, hoping for something juicy. But nothing interesting ever happened. I never cared about the characters, and once you don't care about them, you'd better hope the adventure is there, but that too is lacking, sorely. It was like a recycled crichton story. He's already done sexual harassment and lawyers, cops and cultural intolerance, dinosaurs (twice), alien invaders (twice), and a guy with a plug-in in his brain. I think he's getting really desperate for a good idea. Seems like he was watching the news one night, saw an airplane crash story, and pulled out a few outlines for his previous books, and whipped this one up to make his publishers happy. A three might be too generous here, but since i love his other work, I have tyo give him some credit, and hope the next story is as good as Sphere, or close to it

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Summary: Great as an audio book !
Review: Not all stories sound as good on tape as they read; Airframe, however, was one of the good ones. I listened to it during a 6-hour car trip and was entertained all the way by Airframe's vivid scene descriptions, suspenseful action and fast-moving plot. (Not to mention the fact that I was glad I was driving instead of flying.

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Summary: Crichton can still write !!!
Review: After reading the "The Lost World", I was very disappointed with Crichton as a writer. Airframe was a pleasant surprise !! Granted that there were similarities between this book and "Disclosure", but this book provided an interesting insight in the aircraft industry. The lead charcter for a change turned out to be a strong, independent woman who knew her stuff. The ending as usual was somewhat sensational, but then I could live with it

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Summary: A MUST READ
Review: Airframe was my first Michael Crichton ever and now I have become a real fan. Chrichton describes the technical issues concerning the aircraft itself very simple and easy to understand for a reader not familiar with aircrafts and how they work. But unfortunately there is also a negative thing I have to say about this novel. The ending is just too simple for me. After all that thoughts I made asking myself why the plane had crashed just do not fit to the actual ending. Nevertheless if you are interested in getting some deeper information about aircrafts and enjoy an exciting story this is a must read.

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Summary: What did I miss? Was I on autopilot?
Review: I was really enthused and interested at the beginning of the book, but as we cruised on it was like parts were just filler to get to the end of the book. I have read other Crichton novels and felt that this was written for a movie or mini-series rather than for readers

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Summary: The Perfect Summer Read
Review: Airframe is a perfect book to read while you travel this summer (the irony of reading about an airplane accident while you fly is just too tempting) With a great story and detail that's become Crichton's signature, this book is a great read. You'll never look at airplanes quite the same way again

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Summary: CC - Classic Crichton
Review: I enjoyed this book, although it was in my opinion pretty obvious that something similar with what actually happened in the book had to be the explanation of this...mystery...if you've (like me) read all the other Crichton books, don't hesitate with buying this one

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Summary: A disappointment.
Review: As usual, Crichton has written a suspenseful book. But this one did not hang together well. The key to the solution was an anonymous article and picture sent to the investigator, but Crichton never showed how the sender knew that the picture would match other evidence that only the investigator had seen. Also (and maybe this was intentionally ironic) in a one-sided, shallow, agenda-filled way, Crichton portrayed television reporters as one-sided, shallow, and agenda-filled

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Summary: Excellent, everyone gets what they deserve!
Review: Not being an expert on the subject, Crichton painted a clear picture for me. I took the book wherever I went and had my nose in it during all my down time. Can't wait for his next

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Summary: Important information missing
Review: Airframe is a page turner, no question about it. But although the writing style is indeniably Chrichton, the plot just isn't - it is actually too obvious.

And then, Chrichton fails to provide the single most important piece of information: who is the camcorder manufacturer?