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Summary: Quite possibly his worst
Review: It's a toss up between this and "Congo" for Crichton's worst novel. Saying that, "Rising Sun" has some style, a good plot, and a nice mystery--it's just not as original as his other stuff. I can think of a dozen better Crichton novels--"Airframe", I suppose, would be in a similar field. Sort of. And "Aiframe" is his best ever.But this book just lacks a special something that makes Crichton's best THE best. He's followed the same path as in all his other novels--TONs of detailled research and some quite profound observations mixed in with his clipped (and rather monotonous) narrative--but still, it's just not as good as his other stuff. However, as we all know: Cricthon's worst is still miles ahead of some others' best I could mention. Worth reading.
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Summary: Mystery Novel Of Easy Value
Review: Sometimes when you figure out the mystery to a novel, it takes away some of the bite the book has. In Rising Sun I was not fooled at all by the tapes and the Eddie Shakurmura character. So that takes a little away. Also, Lieutenant Pete Smith is one of the worst, dragged out characters I have ever encountered in a book. Then again, John Connor is one of the best characters I have ever encountered in a book. Rising Sun is a split for me. I didn't know who really killed the girl until the end. But I knew everything else that leads up to it. An okay novel by Michael Crichton.
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Summary: Crichton at his finest
Review: Snags your attention from the start and just reels you in. An excellent combination of murder and corruption to the very detailed lifestyle and background of the Japanese. You keep the pages turning only to discover a shocking finish.
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Summary: Page-turner. Not great Lit, but wonderful summer stuff...
Review: Clever story, good juxtaposition of Japanese culture vs. American culture. Technology thrown in adds some nice twists. As usual, fun book, terrible movie.
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Summary: A masterpiece.
Review: This will get you out of bed in the morning, and send you off to work, waging a war known as business...
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Summary: My Fave
Review: This book is one of the most suspenseful books I've read. It deffinitely lives up to Chrichton's usual works.
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Summary: A masterpiece!
Review: Rising Sun is a very well-written piece of fiction. The suspense starts to build on page one, and it does not diminish until the very last page.
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Summary: A techno-mystery.
Review: This is a very controversial novel about the power and control of Japan in the U. S. (particularly in the 1980s and early 1990s) and the major cultural differences between the two countries. It generated much discussion when it first appeared. Many have later commented that the changes seen in the Japanese economy in the late 1990s have pointed out the errors in Crichton's view of Japanese business tactics. Others have suggested that the recent events is only a lull in the history of global economics or that this book actually helped generate some changes in government regulations or in the approach some businesses have had in global interactions. Nevertheless, this is an exciting murder mystery. A murder has been committed at the Los Angeles headquarters of a Japanese conglomerate. An L. A. police detective and a consultant on the Japanese have to interact with Japanese industrialists in order to solve it. Videotapes have been doctored and the detective has to find some technological means of regenerating the original data.
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Summary: This is a great book about the Japenese and police case work
Review: I was not at all excited about reading this book. Within 5 pages I was hooked. It gets a little boring at the end but still lives up to it's full potential.
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Summary: AMAZING
Review: Michael Crichton captures Japan's 1980's relationship with the U.S. perfectly. It is interesting to see how the US economy has turned the tables on Japan and how American business is flourishing. Comments that show Americans as pitiful, lazy and only interested in the short-term are amusing knowing what the future had to offer. Companies like Amazon showing how profits are not always king in the next quarter or next year but that thinking of what the future may bring. The story line is amazing but the irony of real life makes it oh so sweet.
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