Sphere

Rating:
Summary: Suprisingly good
Review: This was one of the strangest books I have read (right up there with Stephen King), the type of book I usually don't care for. However, I rate books by the fact that once I start I'm hooked to the end. That was the case with this book. I couldn't put it down. The ending was a little disappointing. I felt it could have been more exciting. But all in all I really enjoyed this book.

Rating:
Summary: An enthralling experience!
Review: The time it takes you to reach the last letter of this book, you are taken out of this world as
a responsible person by the suspense! It was my first science fiction experience and it couldn't have had a better start.
It gave me a real "kick" reading this story that twists and turns several times. All in all a great book.

Rating:
Summary: Undeveloped Ideas
Review: Sphere, like many of Crichton's novels, starts off with good intentions. But, unfortunately, it is like walking into a coffee shop with wonderful aromas only to have the promise of the aromas result in ordinary and somewhat dissapointing taste. He could have gone much further with this novel but seems, instead, to only want to play to the superficiality of the masses. His books seem somewhat formulaistic and predictable and he sometimes mistakes a confusing plot for great intellectual insight. But, what the heck, if someone makes it into a movie, it is going to be a best seller regardless of the quality of writing. That is an indictment not of Mr. Crichton but of the general public. Perhaps it is us who is wrong and it is Mr. Crichton who is correct by playing to an audience he knows well. By the way, if you thought the novel was bad, rest assured, the movie was even worse.

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Summary: Crichton is flawless!
Review: I have just started reading books by M.C., and would like to say that I liked this book very much. The ending was also very cool. I was mesmerized from start to finish, and you will be too. This took me about a week to read and I enjoyed every minute of it.

Rating:
Summary: Sphere is a great book
Review: Sphere was a very good book. It was very suspensful and had a shocking end. I colnd'nt put the book down. I enjoyed reading it very much and I hope that you will to.

Rating:
Summary: Great Book Till the End
Review: Sphere is a very good book. It builds up the suspense from about the second chapter till almost the end. Then it drops. The ending barely explains a thing, like what is the sphere and where did it come from. Overall it is an excellent story with great characters. If you have some free time, and want a good sci-fi/acition book to read, read Sphere.

Rating:
Summary: Book was fantastic.....Movie was terrible
Review: How can you take such a fantastic book and butcher it into a movie? That's what I asked when I saw the bad reviews this movie got. I realized the reviews were correct - the movie is terrible. The book moved in such a fluid motion that you didn't want to put it down. The movie was all jumbled up and didn't portray any emotion or direction. The dialogue was drawn out (how many times can Dustin Hoffman say "Jerry"?). Read the book and avoid the movie....that's the only way you can appreciate this story.

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Summary: First 3/4 of Sphere is fantastic - Last 1/4 is a cop out.
Review: God, I loved the first three quarters of this book. I couldn't put it down... it was so interesting to me. The alien entity that called itself Jerry, and talked in a child-like fashion, sent chills down my spine. I couldn't wait for complete resolution. Unfortunately, this resolution NEVER comes. The ending of this book is the biggest disappointment. Actually, the last quarter of Sphere is where it begins to fall apart. Nothing is explained. Crichton creates an incredible set up... and then completely drops the reader with nothing. Frustrating, because there were SO many intriguing possibilities.

Rating:
Summary: A good read, very thrilling and suspenseful
Review: I would have given the book a higher rating if not for the ending. I just wasn't happy about the "We're not ready for this power so let's get rid of it" way they left things, although I'm not convinced Beth really got rid of her powers. I was very impressed by how close the Movie stuck to the book, but the book explains things more clearly and there were a couple of major differences, i.e. the movie had Norman go into sphere right after Harry, whereas in the book Norman went in last. i would recommend Sphere to any Sci-Fi enthusiast.

Rating:
Summary: OUTSTANDING
Review: I couldn't put it down. Crichton has done a remakable book that should be in every home in America.