Airframe

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Summary: I read the eintire book!
Review: I am a person that get's really bored really fast. Many times i am forced to read books for school and end up only reaing a page or two. I don't read much for enertainment. It takes a great book to keep me reading and this was one of them. I have read most of Michael Crichton's books and i enjoyed all of them. Many times he can make the boring things in life seem interesting and he can use the smallest things to create literary masterpeices. It was a great book and I sugest you read it. If you have read it give your old copy to a freind or read it again!

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Summary: AIRFRAME...You won't be able to put it down!!!
Review: MC at his best, next to THE LOST WORLD, this is cliched,"GOOD GUYS ALWAYS WIN" without being stereotypical or predictable. Grab it and tuck yourself in bed...You will be late for work tomorrow.

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Summary: Very good
Review: I personally (unlike some other readers/reviewers on this page) prefer Crichton's books that deal with the real world rather than techno/sci-fi stuff. DISCLOSURE and TERMINAL MAN were great (I personally detested JURASSIC PARK). And AIRFRAME is somewhere between DISCLOSURE and TERMINAL MAN (TERMINAL MAN comes out on top for me). AIRFRAME is both interesting and suspenseful. In a few spots the narrative is awkward, but overall it is a first-rate Crichton novel. I would like to say that, before you read AIRFRAME, you should read a suspense novel I read recently that is much better: THE SHAPE by Craig Furnas. It is a page-turning thriller about Nazis trying to take over Peru (but is about much more), and I could not put it down. THE SHAPE gripped me like a sumo wrestler, and would not let go!! It is the definition of a great suspense read. You can buy it through Amazon.com. I recommend you do. You won't regret it!! But AIRFRAME is still good.

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Summary: Simply fantastic!
Review: The story gets to the point within a few chapters. As it progresses, it might get boring. Nonetheless, it has an excellent ending.

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Summary: Take Off! -- and enjoy a first class read!
Review: Once again I found myself eyes glued to the page... speed reading in order to discover the answer to the mystery of Flight 545. I always enjoy Crichton's novels... the man manages to marry the excitement and fast pace of a screenplay with infomrative material in a union that makes everything believable and fascinating. What a interesting look at the aviation industry!

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Summary: Airframe is a riveting tale of suspense and intrigue.
Review: This book will keep you in your seat. Airframe is so exciting that you will never want to stop! Airframe is a perfect example of the great storytelling that Michael Crichton is perfect at. I especially enjoyed the mystery of a large conspiracy that is in this book. I recommend this book for sixteen year-olds and up. There were some things in this book were inappropriate for children. But this book is awesome!

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Summary: This book was very disappointing
Review: This book was just a poor rewrite of Disclosure. I thought the plot was almost the same (person gets set up to take the fall for others). I read it but would recommend any other Crichton book over this one.

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Summary: What happens when good plots go bad? Airframe.
Review: You condition people to expect great things, and then this is what we get. I am an avid Crichton fan, and Sphere is(as it has been for the past 5 years) my favorite book of all time(2nd fave-Andromeda Strain). So you can imagine my disappointment when, halfway into this book, I discovered that this is just a poor excuse for suspense, jam packed with cliche after cliche, with predictable situations and dull charecters. Crichton is great at suspending reality and letting our imaginations have free reign(see: Jurassic Park and Sphere), and he just can't do that when faced with such a real situation(If you'll recall not to long ago, an accident similar to what was described in the book took place). I now believe Crichton is writing for the studios and not for the fans. While I'm not suggesting a complete upheaval into Science Fiction(that would be a little too much) I think he should concentrate on a new, suspensful plot as opposed to yet another poinless Jurassic Park sequel. NOTE: MUY IMPORTANTE! IF YOU WANT TO READ A GOOD MICHAEL CRICHTON BOOK, READ SPHERE. DO NOT SETTLE FOR THE MOVIE, IT DIDN'T DO IT JUSTICE AT ALL.

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Summary: Thought it was great!
Review: I thought this book was a great book! It was exciting and impossible to put down! I was caught up in the story from the first page!

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Summary: Unbelievable
Review: In "Airframe", Michael Crichton did an unbelievable work. I mean, nobody that has ever read his previous books can believe this one comes from the same mind of "Sphere" and "Jurasic park". By the way, his new books are so passable that his old ones are gettin the public and midia's attention. "Sphere" and "Eaters of the dead" are being or have already been taken into movies. After great "Rising Sun" and "Jurasic...", Crichton couldn't keep the pace. "Lost world" is very numbing and "Airframe" is tottaly waste of time and patience. The main plot of the book is, however, good: what could have happened to TransPacific flight, leaving several people injured and some dead? Crichton carries de reader through the hangars of a frame-making company on the edge of bankruptcy, which must solve the mistery quickly so not to loose a big deal that could make money flow on the registers again. There're so many characters in the plot that even the main one is took aside. Another problem are the infinite number of CCAs, WWCFs and FDAs that take away the good mood from everyone. And when the whole mistery is solved, the accident's motive is so imbecil that you want to throw the book in the fire and watch if it burns. The writing is boring. The will to leave the book alone is huge, but the reader keeps it in his hands, remembering the money invested in the book and thinking that afterall this is a Crichton book, there must be some kind of surprise at the end. Believe this reviewer, there isn't.