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Summary: Well researched I'd say!
Review: I found it to be very technicaly entertaining. The detail about the plane seemed very convincing. Michael must have done his homework. I will never fly charter again!!!
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Summary: The best Crichton book to date
Review: I've been a fan of Michael Crichton for years now and all I can say is he keeps getting better and better. Airframe has just the right mix of scientific and technological elements, as well as character development, action, and a surprisingly plausible plotline. Though I wouldn't go as far to say that after reading Airframe, you will never want to fly again, it will make you think. The book details how many things which could go wrong, but usually never do. Such things as counterfeit parts are fairly common when dealing with airplanes. This book has a lot of fact, you may learn more about planes than you ever wanted to.
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Summary: Very disappointing!
Review: Never in my life have I read a poorly-written book. Sure, in my time I've seen a truckload of god awful movies that just made me wanna puke. But I never expected this sort of work to be fit into a BOOK. Well, it looks like I proved my self wrong after reading Michael Criton's "Airframe," a supposedly good novel that turned out to just plain stink. This book was a total waste of my time. I could have been listening in class and taking notes, but noooo . . . I was too busy reading this book and expecting it to get good... how strange that I still had my hopes up after page 300. First off, this book barely has any plot. All it is is some stupid story about a bunch of people investigating a plane crash. It has no thrills or no suspense whatsoever; the only thing that really kept me reading was the chase scenes, which were obviously thrown in to spice the story up a little. Second, NOTHING INTERESTING HAPPENS. I was expecting something we'd find in the average Michael Critchen novel, like Marty Reardon getting wasted on the plane on his way to the interview. Nope, none of that! Its 350 pages of the most boring content I've ever read . . . In conclusion, I just want to get the point across about how much I hated this book. I don't see how the book could get all those rave reviews on the back, saying it was Michael's "best since Jurassic Park." Wrong! Jurassic Park actually had what I'd call a 'thrill', plus a bunch of big dinosaurs. So you're telling me a PLANE CRASH is better than people getting eaten by a T-Rex? I think those critics actually need to READ the book instead of just looking at the description on the back, because this book certainly does not deserve all of this credit. I'm really hoping that Micheal's upcoming works aren't going to bore me as badly as "AIRFRAME" did.
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Summary: Hard to put down!
Review: Airframe is an edge of your seat book which keeps going until the end. It's a must read for anyone who wants to go on the thirll ride of their life.
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Summary: Crichton's best all-around
Review: "Airframe" is my favorite Crichton novel to date. What has always put me off about his novels are the chapters and sometimes even sections of the book filled with nothing but technical jargon. This was definitely the case with "Jurrasic Park." However, in "Airframe" Crichton finally masters the art of melding the necessary background information with the storyline, instead of switching back in forth. I was very disappointed after reading several other reviews with lines like "it made me think twice about flying." While "Airframe" is set in the Air Travel industry, the real message of the book deals with the mob mentality of "the people" and how the press manipulates it. After reading this novel, I actually feel one hundred times safer strapped to the hull of a 757.
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Summary: Outstanding!
Review: A breathtaking thriller! A novel with so much suspense it will glue you to the chair. The way Crichton describes what happened in the cockpit of the plane is extremely clever! This book will have you racking your mind to solve what went wrong!!
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Summary: Good, interesting reading
Review: I found this book to be very intersting. Not only was it a good plot but I found the technical descriptions to very interesting. The book explored issues of air safety such as cut rate airlines, shoddy maintenance and aging aircraft. Another issue was the power of the media, the way it had destroyed the reputation of a good aircraft and was threatening to do it again. This meant the loss of many jobs for no good reason. The book was clearly and concisely written. It even inspired me to read Jurassic Park, which I must admit, I didn't care for.
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Summary: Great Book! Don't read this one while taking a flight!
Review: I always enjoy Crichton books and I was not disappointed with this one. It was fast reading,educational and exciting. Unfortunately, I started reading it while flying from Chicago to San Francisco and almost finished it on the return flight. I will never sit on a plane without my seat belt tightly fastened.
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Summary: Plot's weak, but I don't care.
Review: Airframe is vintage Michael Crichton. It has lots of technical jargon and great storytelling, precisely the stuff that I admire about Crichton's work. The plot is a little weak, but I don't care. The book has a point. That's what's important.
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Summary: What people don't know
Review: As I read some of the reviews by the people who have read it I noticed one thing from some of the people. "I think about traveling by air again" if they had read the book they would realize that its people like "Jenifer Malone" who give the business and bad name. You are more likely to be hurt walking from your car to your house than flying an airplane. I am a commercially rated pilot with over 5000 hours and I know many other pilots who have never scene an incedent or an occurance in their life. On the last note this book is a great example of what goes on behind the scenes at a airplane plant.
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