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Summary: Harmless Escapism
Review: "Dragon" is only the second Clive Cussler novel I have read, the first being "Raise the Titanic." Although the unlikely plot could just as easily have been contrived by a daydreaming twelve-year-old boy, it was a fun piece of harmless escapism. All of the characters, both the "good guys" and the "bad guys", were of the standard, two-dimensional, cardboard-cutout variety. Basically, "Scooby-Doo" without the dog. Some (especially the "politically correct") may find the overtly anti-Japanese storyline offensive. I just found it overdone.
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Summary: Standard Cussler, but not great
Review: "This book panders to the anti-Japanese sentiment of the early nineties," is one quote I read in a review above. Yup, this is the case. Without having actually read Rising Sun by Michael Crichton (saw the movie), it appears Cussler got caught up in the "Japs are out to get us" mentality that permeated the late 80's and early 90's. But that's a premise and anyone who is familiar with a Cussler book knows that there needs to be an entity of evil associated with that which opposes Dirk Pitt (like every single movie made in the 80's where the Russians were the bad guys). In this case, it's the big bad Japanese financial and power machine image of that stated time period. This is standard Cussler, as I said. But there are some stretches in "reality" that make you wonder just how much you are willing to believe when you read these books. Like I said, standard Cussler. Having said that, this is a fine book. Escapism is another word someone used in describing this book. Well, sure. That's what this is all about. We're not talking the Bhagavad Gita here, people. This is good, clean (well, close) American fun. It'll make you cheer for the good guys and jeer the bad guys when they get theirs, which they always do. I liked it. Cussler books are an easy escape from those books that make me think. And we all need that from time to time. The ties, albeit almost always far-fetched and quite Scooby Doo like, are fun. In all, a good solid Cussler read.
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Summary: "Dirk Pitt is Da' Man!"
Review: A great edge-of-your-seat life-and-death adventure. This time Pitt and company go up against an evil Japanese industrialist bent on blackmailing the U.S. with nuclear weapons. Mr. Cussler wastes no time getting started with a nuclear blast in the middle of Pacific, followed by an unbelieveable undersea rescue. A car chase, an aircraft chase and a battle of wits on the villian Suma's island fortress put Dirk Pitt through the ringer. The bad guys are bad, and Pitt is backed by a great supporting cast lead by old friend Al Giordino and his bag of wisecracks. A thriller from start to finish.
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Summary: Too much CIA...not enought NUMA
Review: Another Dirk Pitt novel under Cussler's belt. Not a bad read if you're looking for international espionage mixed with underwater marine thriller. Cussler tries his hand at a Clancy type story. That took away from the vintage Dirk Pitt plot. The story was interesting but not the usual NUMA adventure concentrating on our main heroes.
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Summary: Move over 007---Pitt is the REAL THING!
Review: Can ANYONE tell me who can write more action into 500 pages than Clive Cussler?? ANYONE?? As one of Pitt's finest adventures begins (as usual) we are transported to an un-recorded flight of a 3rd atomic bomb to be dropped on Japan at the end of WWII. It never arrived...the powers-that-be sweep it under the table and we then leap-frog ahead to a sudden nuclear explosion in the Pacific. The explosin is totally UN-RELATED to the atomic bomb which never arrived in WWII...where did it come from and why? This is the little problem we encounter with 'Dragon' possibly one of Pitt's most entertaining adventures. From an undergound Nazi cache of stolen art, to robotic dogs to a fanatical modern day Ninja who collects human heads this novel travels from one spot on the globe to another as quickly as you can turn the pages. We even are treated to a spectacular nuclear explosion IN the United States...how it comes about is half the fun, and how Dirk & Company take us to the final moments is a roller-coaster worth riding. For sheer fun and an adrenaline rush unlike any other, 'Dragon' is THE answer.
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Summary: great fantastic non stop action
Review: clive cussler has done it again. keep them coming! I couldn't put it down.Would like know to when his next book will be coming out and what is his latest book called. I have all the books so far that he's ever written. He's the only author I read of his books.
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Summary: Great Story
Review: Cussler delivers another really good story and plot for his readers to enjoy. The hero, Dirk Pitt, is faced with a daunting challenge of locating several nuclear bombs that are smuggled into the United States. A highly nationalistic Japanese executive is behind the controls of what could be the biggest terrorist plot in U.S. history. Pitt, Giordino along with a few other intelligence personnel, must also locate this ruthless tycoon's operating center and destroy it before it's too late. Very intense story though Cussler could have done without using racial epithets to describe the Japanese people. I was not really bothered by it initially until our great hero, Dirk Pitt and his sidekick, Al Giordino, began using it also.
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Summary: Great Story
Review: Cussler delivers another really good story and plot for his readers to enjoy. The hero, Dirk Pitt, is faced with a daunting challenge of locating several nuclear bombs that are smuggled into the United States. A highly nationalistic Japanese executive is behind the controls of what could be the biggest terrorist plot in U.S. history. Pitt, Giordino along with a few other intelligence personnel, must also locate this ruthless tycoon's operating center and destroy it before it's too late. Very intense story though Cussler could have done without using racial epithets to describe the Japanese people. I was not really bothered by it initially until our great hero, Dirk Pitt and his sidekick, Al Giordino, began using it also.
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Summary: Buy American
Review: Dear reader who was around when Japan so adamantly attempted to conquer America by purchase will most appreciate this story. Cussler makes several subtle sarcastic jabs at the Japanese who gloated about their once robust economy in the 1980's, when they flexed their yens and gobbled up extraordinary volumes of American business. Familiar phrases that were smugly touted by the Japanese during that time such as 'Business is War' and 'We aren't forcing you to sell your country to us' sarcastically glare from the pages while we presently watch their economy sputter. But the contemptuous yellow threat in the story fails to defy the formidable American, Dirk Pitt! The story itself was run-of-the-mill Dirk Pitt. He and sidekick, Giordino are more or less forced into assisting the United States to stop an international crime of nuclear proportions... literally! Cussler's lovely lady, Loren joins in for the suspense and the company of Pitt and Giordino save the day in the nick of time. Where have I read this before? Wasn't it in the last Cussler novel? The story is what it is dear reader, so enjoy it for that: A cornball fiction adventure that illustrates that you may just never know what you're getting when you buy a Japanese car!
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Summary: DIRK PITT (MY HERO!!!) SAVES THE DAY
Review: DIRK PITT IS THE JAMES BOND OF THE SEAS. MY ENTIRE FAMILY IS IN AWE OF HIM. HIS OPULENT GREEN EYE AND CRAGGY FACE IS ENOUGH TO GET MANY FEMALES BLOOD GOING. HE MANAGES TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT HE ISN'T FAZED BY ANYTHING IN THIS BOOK. HE CAN ADD A MAN'S BODY TO THE 'TROPHY' WALL WITHOUT BLINKING AN EYE AND THEN GO SAVE THE GIRL IN THE NEXT ROOM SECOND BEFORE EVERYTHING BLOWS UP. IF DIRK PITT IS OUT THERE THEN I'M WAITING TO MEET HIM
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