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Summary: Another Cussler Hit!
Review: Once again Clive Cussler earns my award for the Best Fiction Writer! Dirk Pitt returns in an action packed thriller that I couldn't put down until I read it from front to back. The Atlantis concept is intriguing and well researched. Gives a new answer to the question of what happened to those dinosaurs. This is another MUST READ book.
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Summary: not up to usual Cussler Standards
Review: A promising plot becomes mired down by Mr.Cussler's portrayal of Dirk Pitt as the James Bond wannabe. The storyline is well thought out and the twist at the half way point will catch many readers {like myself, for example} off gaurd. The explanation of an Atlantis culture's existence is presented in a plausable manner. The supporting characters are not very well developed and show little depth. The bad guys are transparent with very little to make a reader like or dislike them, they are just single minded. Dirk Pitt's obsession with proving that the old is always better than the new in weapons, cars, and just about anything else is wearing thin. It seems that Mr.Cussler has Dirk suffering more and more injuries in his adventures and this is perhaps to cover up his character flaws to make him seem more human. All in all I enjoyed the book but it is well below the standards of his previous books such as "Raise the Titantic", "Inca Gold", and "Sahara" to name a few. I look forward to his next book.
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Summary: Been There Done That
Review: When you pick up a Clive Cussler novel, you already know pretty much how it's going to end. It's almost a foregone conclusion. I went into this book with a small amount of trepidation. I didn't really care for Flood Tide because I felt it went on too long. When I saw the page count on Atlantis Found, I was afraid yet again. But, happily, I was wrong. It turned out to be a very enjoyable book. I finished it after only a few days.The trick to Cussler novels isn't the fact that the heroes save the world at the end. Or that the villains are dastardly. It's the way Cussler takes a small piece from history (or a myth) and weaves it into a credible tale that makes you want to read. I have always read and enjoyed Cussler's work and will continue to do so.
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Summary: What happened to the good ole days of Cussler and Dirk Pitt?
Review: In the past 19 years I have read and reread every Dirk Pitt/Cussler book. I have always enjoyed the coming of a new Dirk Pitt story like a kid at Christmas. There have been incredible stories; Night Probe, Raise the Titanic (please forget the horrible movie they TRIED to make of it without Cussler's help), and even Deep Six to name a few. But, there have been other Cussler/Dirk Pitt stories that have just been a wrap of totally unbelieveable plot lines filled with to many cliches, to many perfect save the days, and to much hype to save the world from YET another even more ominous terror; Dragon brought us nuclear threat and Sahara brought us biohazards, to name a couple. Now Atlantis has brought us world wide devastation with Antarctica as a basis. It amazes me that Cussler would use a somewhat similiar plot of Antarctica and mass destruction after reviewing a work done by author Jack B Du Brul (Vulcans Forge) recently. I yearn for the days Dirk Pitt would just take on a company dealing with industrial espionage and a nasty villain without having to take on the world, live through it, but come home with a bloody nose and some dirt under his finger nails.
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Summary: Atlastits Found - a return to good storytelling
Review: This book marks a welcome return to stories like Sahara and Raise the Titanic which made us Clive Cussler readers in the first place. Yes, the story is over the top with Pitt winning at the end even more convincingly than James Bond ever did, but it is a heck of a lot of fun getting there. This is about as good a story as Cussler has written, it's just that readers are already familiar with NUMA's exploits - familiarity breeds raised expectations. Good villains built around the Wolf family which is presented like a goose stepping, pre-war version of the Osmonds. The main seismic disaster-about-to-happen was interesting as well. Has Mr. Cussler read the HAB Theory (a good read in itself) which has similar perils? Finally, I enjoyed reading about the high tech gear that Pitt and Co. employ, particularly the GPS and GIS mapping systems (someone's got to tell Pitt where the enemy is). There were some problems here and there but once the action got turned up the story was riveting. If you are buying this book to be entertained you will not be disappointed.
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Summary: Clive, Keep on Writing them!
Review: Clive, you keep writing them, I will keep buying them. This ones not to shabby, information is too easily obtained and that 'Nano-Technology stuff' is too far advanced for a truly believable plot. Just please don't retire Dirk and Al! I read that Serpent novel and i just kept substituting Dirk and Al's names for those other 2 guys in my mind. I won't do that again though. This one just came out for Christmas and luckily i got it, I had just re-read Cyclops and Treasure (my 2 favorites) thinking that your next book would be too far off since Serpent. This book isn't your best, but it's much better than Shockwave (your absolute WORST!). Keep em coming Clive, Keep em coming. P.S. STOP! writing yourself into these things, I CANNOT stand that! If i wanna read about you I will pick up a copy of the SEA HUNTERS.
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Summary: Another great book by Clive Cussler
Review: I just finished Atlantis Found and thoroughly enjoyed it. At times I found it difficult to get through, only because I wanted to find out what happened! I have read several Clive Cussler books and always enjoy the detail and history written in to the story line-Atlantis Found was no exception. A true candidate for a great movie.
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Summary: Atlantis Found
Review: I've read every CC novel and was excited to see a new one. I read it quickly, though it was long! It was highly suspenseful, well based on scientific fact and probability. It's a thinking person's adventure, full of stops to look on the maps included in the book, comparisions to larger maps to see the area as it really is - and allowing you to feel fully part of the adventure. I wonder if Admiral Byrd's Snow Cat is real? This is a definate high adventure keeper... Very enjoyable to escapism as well as broadening knowledge and a feeling that this could really happen!
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Summary: Long-time Cussler fan
Review: I enjoyed this book better than some of the recent Dirk Pitt adventures. This was because I had gotten the impression that Clive Cussler was trying to up the body count and extravagant exploits of Dirk Pitt with each passing novel. In doing so, they were becoming unbelievable even for an action/adventure series. Although I enjoyed Dirk Pitt as a larger-than-life hero, I felt the increasing violence was getting old. However, with Atlantis Found, I felt the story to be more believable and tamer than, say, Sahara. Some felt the dispatch of the Wolf leadership to be too tame, but I felt it to be more like Dirk's old style: no more violence than necessary to protect life and limb, but justice properly served. THAT is what a hero does. As usual, the science involved was within the realm of believablity, and I learned something both historic and scientific I did not know. As a 20+ year Dirk Pitt fan, I felt this to be worthy of the series. I am glad I received this book for Christmas, and look forward to the next.
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Summary: Still Good but a little Old
Review: I have read all of the Clive Cussler novels and unfortunately Atlantis Found brings nothing new to the series. The story starts very well but soon it falls into the well known formula of Dirk and Al beating all odds and most annoyingly, Dirk fighting off the blackness that is closing in on his vision. Still I am found enough of this series to enjoy the read but I wasn't fascinated by it. If you haven't read Cussler, get Raise the Titanic or Sahara before reading this one. Sahara being the best of the series largely because Cussler did not continue the same story line from chapter to chapter. Most chapters ended with a cliff hanger that wasn't answered right away, creating anxious and fast reading. Why Mr. Cussler abandoned this style escapes me.
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