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Summary: Important information missing
Review: Airframe is a page turner, no question about it. But although the writing style is indeniably Chrichton, the plot just isn't - it is actually too obvious.
And then, Chrichton fails to provide the single most important piece of information: who is the camcorder manufacturer?
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Summary: EXCELLENT AUDIO BOOK
Review: I HAVE NOT READ AIRFRAME, BUT LISTENED TO THE UNABRIGED AUDIO BOOK. IT IS LONG (11 HOURS), BUT VERY WELL DONE. THE PERSON READING THE BOOK DOES A GOOD JOB OF VOICE INFLECTIONS FOR THE DIFFERENT CHARACTERS AND IS A VERY LISTENBLE READER. IF YOU ARE TAKING A LONG ROAD TRIP, YOU WILL FIND AIRFRAME AN ENTERTAINING COMPANION
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Summary: Excellent!! So Technically accurate it's scary!
Review: I enjoyed this book immensely!! As with many of
Michael Crichton's books it is so accurate it's
scary. I would without a doubt recommend this to everyone who wants to read an exciting, riveting, technically accurate story that follows the path
of investigators who are trying to determine the reason why their planes are having accidents.
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Summary: TV thrill with the fun of books!
Review: G-R-E-A-T!
I just couldn't stop reading this book! Finished it in just 2 days!
Crichton twists the plot around and around, and leaves you with alot of question mark - which are all solved in the end. This book has both thrilling moments and hard-thinking moments. The Airliners jargon is explained beatifully in a way it doesnot make understanding this book any harder. Moreover, Crichton manages to show us the intintions of the Media today, the corporate power challenges. All these wrapped up in a matter which is really hot today - Aircrafts safety. GET THIS BOOK NOW! (or atleast, go see the movie - which I'm sure, will follow.)
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Summary: Good Beach Book
Review: Forget literary merit when reading a Crichton novel. Judged asa beach book, this thriller is typically Crichton and a darn goodread. As a former corporate public relations manager, I loved his portrayal of a TV news team--right on target for a significant portion of the journalistic world. I winced, however, at some stereotypical comments about engineers. For thoughts on this, see the op-ed at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/rodgersmail/engineer.htm And for a nonfiction book about a real aircraft company, see Amazon's entry on FLYING HIGH by Eugene Rodgers.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: The book in itself was typical Crichton material; well-researched, touches on relevant issues and hard to put down. However, I must say that this book lacks anything new. In my opinion, this book is just Disclosure with a woman in the lead and the airline industry instead of computers. Take note of these similarities;
The company is in the midst of a significant event. In Disclosure, we have a merger, here we have a big sale to China
The leading person finds himself/herself in a situation where he/she in in danger of being out of a job
Meredith and Arthur conniving against Sanders while here, we see Marder and Richman conniving against Casey.
Again, the monday, tuesday, wednesday thing
The ending's almost the same, the hero finds himself/herself in public spilling out the beans.
Well, that's about it. To boot, I already knew the ending. That son thing was topic of a news article around a year ago in an airline company somewhere. It really did happen.
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Summary: Great Techno Story-But forget about the Enemy
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book except for one point: making an enemy of the floor workers on the pplane. I found the big chace seen through the plane to be completely unbelievable.
But the most fascinating part of the book for me was the description of how stories get made on shows like 60 minutes. From now on, I'll never again wonder what the importance of the producer of those shows is
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Summary: Gag Me
Review: It's too bad that the rating scale does not include negative numbers that would be more appropriate for the book. This novel was thin, boring, senseless, elementary reading level, and all-around awful. Don't read it- don't even borrow it from the library b/c of the risk of inferring a 10 cent fine for late fees because you feel obligated to finish the book, but you keep putting it off because it is so awful. Spare yourself
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Summary: Airframe...don't bother!
Review: Well, I decided to go ahead and read this book, even after the poor reviews. I always like to give a book the benefit of the doubt (especially one written by someone such as Crichton). In a word, "terrible." I felt like I was reading something I may have written in Junior High School!! Don't bother folks, save your money
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Summary: Airframe crashes and burns
Review: One thing consistent about Crichton books is that they are difficult to put down...and I found that to be true of Airframe, although I disliked it. The characters are flat and I found myself struggling to root for the protagonist. Crichton obviously has an axe to grind against the media, to the extent that it damages the novel. The depiction was so one-sided, my book actually leaned over when I put it down. That said, I have to admit that I read the book in one day. The story picks up considerably in the last few chapters. The author did a good job of keeping the mystery alive until the end. The background on airplane manufacturing was informative, although also somewhat dry. Reading Airframe reminded me of eating a big bag of potato chips -- you open the bag and find that you can't eat just one, the next thing you know the bag is finished and you feel somewhat ill, full but not satisfied
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