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Summary: Timely, but little else
Review: It's so discouraging to see that he's orienting his current work towards a future movie screenplay. I truly loved his early books; Congo, A Case of Need, Andromeda Strain, Sphere, but Airframe and The Lost World were just terrible. Shallow writing, no suspense, nothing to grab you from the get-go and keep you through the entire book. It seems that Crichton, along with Grisham are paying more attention to the potential dollar signs at the end of their movie credits rather than producing a novel that lives up to their previous, and stellar work.
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Summary: Very interesting
Review: After starting to read this book, you will want to keep on reading to find out what happens next. I felt the ending was satisfactory and explains what we were wondering throughout the book. Not my favorite Crichton book, but one of the better ones.
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Summary: The Jurrasic craze killed Crichton's literary style.
Review: Okay, now I have read 10 Crichton novels, Andromeda Strain and Jurrasic Park are his best. But since JP, his novels are nothing more than movie scripts (well, JP was too, but it at least had a lot to chew on, no pun intended). I saw Disclosure, and then read the book, and they are exactly the same, IT WAS A SCRIPT, NOT A NOVEL! But Airframe is more on the line of Rising Sun. Rising Sun had a lot to say about Japanese business, and I must say that I learned from it, but it made the characters secondary, they're cardboard cutouts. And the same goes for Airframe. (Don't get me started on The Lost World.) I guess one of Crichton's trademarks has to be shallow chracters that are just talking heads, along with his fast pace reading. The hardcover looks to be about 350 pages, but that is decieving. This could have easily been 250 or 225 because there are so many blank or half-filled pages. And that reminds me, what is with the line breaks in the middle of a scene? At least in other novels I have read, authors use those as a means to change scenes or locations, but in Airframe they are put right in the middle of a conversation! Actually I think they might be there so readers can have permission to take a potty break as maby times as possible. However,I will admit that I am glad I learned some stuff about how the airframe industry works, but does it have to be so shallow? Do we really have to have the work stoop so low so more people will read it and Crichton will get more royalties? I am sad because this book and all but 3 written by Michael will be forgotten in 50 years time because of their slipshod need to be in the here and now. He does have a talent, but I think it was lost in the ER.
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Summary: Simply marvelous!
Review: This book is one of Crichton's greatest. I've read most of his others and this is only surpassed by Sphere. It is about a plane that starts porpoising above the Pacific, killing three and injuring fifty six. Casey Singleton is called in to investigate and finds herself in the middle of a huge conspiracy. I couldn't put it down!
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Summary: Michael Crichton at his worst.
Review: Airframe lacks character development with shallow stereotypical playing the lead. Crichton goes into so much detail with all his aeronutical knowledege that the plot becomes almost non exsistance. I was up to page 300 and was resisting the urge to wipe the tears of boredom out of my eyes. Jenifer Malone is probably the most stereotyped character I have ever seen in seious novel. There is no realism to her. Casey, the heroine, is not much better. The technical mumbo jumbo does make it intresting for the first hundred pages or so but after that it just becomes to much. This is classed as a thriller but in my opinion it is not. If your idea of a thriller is having to read through two hundred and fifty pages of pointless jargon then there is something deffinetly wrong with. Michael Crichton has done a lot better than this and I'd recommend that you read one of his better books such as Sphere, Jurasic Park, Disclosure or the Andromeda Strain.
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Summary: Not as good as I'd hoped....
Review: Airframe was only the second book by MC that I'd read, having previously read only Lost World. I had enjoyed Lost World very much, so I was looking forward to Airframe. While the story was interesting, and some of the suspense was enjoyable, I was quite disappointed with the ending. I won't spoil it for you, but I was hoping for a more powerful finish.
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Summary: A poor read with a failed attempt to jazz up a bad plot.
Review: This book's a shocker. It has such a thin plot and the characters are transparent and boring. Even the potential exitement of the news story fails to thrill. It is low on action with the exception of the initial air mishap, which is riveting, but then the novel drifts in to cliches and predictability. It is hard to believe that an author who wrote the superb "Andromeda Strain" can write such a childish novel as "Airframe". It has more value as an introductory aircraft technical manual than as a thriller.
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Summary: You can't stop reading it!
Review: This book is one of the best books I have read. It is exellent the way all of the problems comes together to be solved. I hope many people read this book. It teaches you not to give up when things are at there worst.
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Summary: Great reading!
Review: This being my first Michael Crichton book to read, I was thrilled and surprised with the intensity with which I read it. I was captivated the entire time and found it difficult to put down. Even with all of the technical jargon I was unfamiliar with, I found it to be an excellent book.
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Summary: A few weak points, but overall excellent
Review: This book was typical Crichton, an easy read, good facts, and a great thriller. Though it could have went farther especially with character development and tying up loose ends, the story is so good that it makes up for any shortcommings that may arise. Some have said this is like Disclosure at 30,000 feet, and true it is very much like Disclosure which is also a great novel. For Crichton fans, buy it and read it. For everyone else, its a great summertime read.
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