Airframe

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Summary: If you'll get into it, you'll get something out of it!!
Review: If life were as simple as most soap operas you wouldn't need to bother with that techno babble. But contemporary aircraft are a complex of systems within systems and the alternatives to flying is to Not fly or go bump in the dark. Crighton tries....to make you smart enough to understand just how tragic a mid-air collision can be but may lose you in explaining How it might happen. "So why do I care 'How'?..." Well if you don't care, don't read Airframe. But in the real world, mid-airs happen. And this book is written for those who want to get into understanding Why, and how to prevent them from happening! Use your imagination: aircraft collisions are messy and cause lots of Owees, and the stuff of real-life tragedy that soap operas try to talk about. Walk in Michael Crighton's character's shoes for awhile and he will have made a difference in your life.

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Summary: I wish I were Michael Crichton!!
Review: A terrific, yet typical, Crichton novel. I couln't put it down, yet at the same time, I couldn't help noticing the structural similarities to "Disclosure." I'd still recommend it.

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Summary: Possibly his best yet!
Review: This truely is a "can't put it down" kind of book. His attention for detail gives you new insight into the airline industry. This detail gave relevancy of this story for me.

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Summary: Fast action mystery thriller works on many levels.
Review: This fast moving mystery thriller is Michael Crichton at or near his best. The setting is within an aircraft company, ostensibly about aircraft safety. However, the theme goes far beyond that. Aircraft safety issues are raised, but read carefully and you will find the story more about the media and business. I especially enjoy the epilogue to the end of the story. It concludes the action and suspense with some provoking ideas that enrich the book. If you are looking for action, adventure, mystery, and an intelligent hero(ine), this book is a sure winner.

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Summary: VERY GOOD, TYPICAL CRICHTON
Review: FOR SOMEONE WHO FLIES A LOT, AND IS ALWAYS AFRAID, I DIDN'T KNOW IF I SHOULD READ THIS BOOK. BUT CONTRARY TO WHAT I THOUGHT, I FEEL BETTER ABOUT THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY TODAY THAN EVER BEFORE. CRICHTON IS KNOWN FOR HIS DETAIL, AND HE DOESN'T FAIL HERE. I LEARNED A LOT AND REALLY ENJOYED THIS BOOK. IT IS A FAST READ AND A RELATIVELY GOOD STORY. TWICE I THOUGHT I HAD THE STORY FIGURED OUT, BUT TWICE I WAS WRONG.

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Summary: The Predictable Side of Crichton
Review: It has become a standard for Michael Crichton to thoroughly investigate the scientific aspects of his stories and then wrap this knowledge within the context of a mystery/thriller. In Airframe, the story is predictable and the science not that exciting. The story reminded me too much of Rising Sun, with too many pat answers to difficult issues.

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Summary: AWESOME at least
Review: I see Casey(the main caracther) as a smart woman kind of like Liv Tyler beutiful and yet smart. If you don't want to read it start making lines on the Movies. This book is going to be a multi-million dollar movie...

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Summary: You won't stop flying and you won't stop reading Airframe
Review: When I fly now, I study the "slats" on the wing of the airplane I'm riding on. Chrichton's book sends a reader into an awesome airplane hanger, the mean ways of the media and a story that will keep you in your seat a long time.

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Summary: tedious
Review: It started out great, with an interesting mystery, but it soon got tiring. I eventualy skipped to the end to see what happened.

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Summary: Aircraft safety thriller
Review: A well researched insight in the aircraft safety industry with a coktail of corporate politicking, irresponsibility of the press, labour disputes and male and female executive roles. Definitely a good read.