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Summary: Good Start -- Weak Ending
Review: This book got off on a strong beginning, lots of details in the middle, and then a weak and disappointing ending.
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Summary: Atlantis Found
Review: Mr. Clussler never fails to entertain me. This one is no exception. The thrills keep coming. Dirk Pitt is a great hero. And the messes he and Al get into and out of are just plain fun. With the added bonus of the historial information that Mr. Clussler packs into his books is first rate. Mr. Clussler does a lot of research to get his facts right which makes his books even more fun. I look forward to another book by Mr. Clussler, soon I hope.
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Summary: They're baaackkkk!
Review: It is absolutely criminal that we wait 2-3 years between Dirk Pitt adventures. Clive Cussler weaves a tale like no other author I have ever encountered. You always begin his novels and say to yourself: "how can he possibly tie these events together?" The Lost Continent of Atlantis, professional hitmen, Colorado mines, comets, ancient caves, Nazis, etc. Cussler binds it all together like a pretty Birthday package. While I want to read on, I force myself to ration the book, for I know that the long wait begins as soon as I finish. Each and every chapter has you rooting for hero Dirk Pitt and constantly marvelling at his quick wit, skill and bravery. Of course Cussler has added a new twist to one of the baddest groups of all time...Nazis. To author Cussler, I say "Bravo" and sincerely ask...Couldn't you be a little more prolific?
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Summary: The same as always
Review: Dirk Pitt books are all fun airplane reading - lots of excitement, by the end of which Dirk and Al have saved the world. Same here. Somehow, though, while I can suspend disbelief pretty well for almost any science fiction and for James Bond, Cussler's work always seems to bring me to the brink of disappointing disbelief. And it always takes an effort to get past that. That is true for this book, in spades.
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Summary: Excellent Dirk Pit Adventure
Review: I have read all of the Dirk Pit novels and enjoy them. Sure they are fanciful and follow a standard formula. Like Dean Koontz novels do. However, when it comes to an entertaining read, I will always look forward to the next Clive Cussler novel about NUMA.
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Summary: I'm a first time reader and I don't know why I didn't before
Review: I'm about 2/3rds into this my first Clive Cussler novel. I've picked them up and put them down for years and now I wonder why I did that everything I really enjoy is in this book archeology, aliens, suspense,Atlantis. So far I am amazed at all the different plots and angles and twists and turns this book is taking and I intend not to let a Clive Cussler book sit unread again. Thanks for the adventure..
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Summary: F is for Fiction
Review: A new novel by Clive Cussler? Well then, I knew right where to look - the fiction section! Did I find it there? You bet! Was I disappointed by some less-than-perfect grammar and techno-isms? No way! You see, I read Cussler (along with Clancy, King, and others) for the sheer joy of escape. Yes, the characters and plot are all too familiar but this is precisely the reason I am drawn back to them, novel after novel (much like slipping into a pair of old favorite jeans). I have become used to the Cussler conventions (such as starting a story in the pre-historic, continuing another thread in the historic, and drawing them altogether in the present) and, quite simply, I like it - it works!Atlantis Found pulls together such diverse story lines (a comet, world-wide devastation, an old sailing vessel, Nazis, ice-caps, etc.) and weaves them into a wonderful escapist tapestry. To the vast majority of other readers out there I say, grab a copy of any Cussler material, sit back, and let the real world spin without you for a few fun-filled hours!
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Summary: Kickin' Adventure
Review: Clive does it again! Excellent, tightly-woven plot, cool possible historical info, kickin' adventure. This has it all, along with humor and, dare I say it, romance! Cussler's books are always excellent, but this one is one of the best. Nobody does it better than Dirk!
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Summary: Pitt and the Pendulum
Review: Having read all Cussler works, I was a bit disappointed with Atlantis. Good settings and good action, for sure, but there was something missing. Perhaps Flood Tide was so good that this book, eagerly awaited, was a bit of a let down. I missed the prologue of history that ultimately gets rolled into the plot -- a streaming comet didn't do it for me. Cussler deserves great credit, however, for keeping Pitt as charming and heroic as ever but the "aw shucks" didn't seem to work this time. Still a fan and fervently hoping for the next Dirk Pitt Adventure
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Summary: Found it to be a little disappointing, but enjoyable to read
Review: I felt it certainly wasn't in the leage with some of his other novels, but as a huge fan of Mr. Cussler's work I read everything he puts out. Found this book tedious in places, especially the dialogue between him and Al Giordino, people don't really talk that "stiff" to each other. Also found the book in spots to be an advertisement for scuba gear, dive watches, etc...constantly telling us the brand names, apparently for each mention Mr. Cussler gets monetary reward. Again an enjoyable book, but though it lacked a lot of intensity. But as a loyal fan, I eagerly await the next Dirk Pitt adventure.
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