Summary: Norman Johnson suddenly finds himself in the middle of some kind of top-secret Navy activity in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Turns out they've found a spaceship in the middle of the ocean floor. But where did it come from? And why? And will he and the others be able to survive the encounter?
Comments: Remind me to never read a action/thriller kind of book during class ever again. (And by class I mean during breaks. But still.) It's rather hard to return to learning about ...anything, really, when my mind is in the middle of a terrifying encounter that the protagonists are having. It may have been messing with my head.
Other than that, I must say, well done. Excellent adventure and all that. But I'm not sure I could handle another book like that in the near future. At least not with these kinds of reading habits.
Showing posts with label Crichton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crichton. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Next, by Michael Chrichton
Summary: This book follows the important events in the lives of various individuals connected with genetic research and transgenic species.
Comments: I spent much of the book wondering if there was any plot to speak of, or if it was just the lives of various people connected to a common topic. I think some of them wound up being kinda connected, but that's pretty much it.
Also, I noticed that probably at least two thirds of the characters were having affairs. Maybe not quite that many now that I think about it, but after a little more thinking about it, I'm starting to doubt my doubts.
Beyond that, I might call it thought-provoking and exposure to a subject I'm not really familiar with. But I think I ran into it somewhere in real life recently.
Comments: I spent much of the book wondering if there was any plot to speak of, or if it was just the lives of various people connected to a common topic. I think some of them wound up being kinda connected, but that's pretty much it.
Also, I noticed that probably at least two thirds of the characters were having affairs. Maybe not quite that many now that I think about it, but after a little more thinking about it, I'm starting to doubt my doubts.
Beyond that, I might call it thought-provoking and exposure to a subject I'm not really familiar with. But I think I ran into it somewhere in real life recently.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Airframe, by Michael Crichton
Summary: The book opens with a mysterious aircraft disaster. Now it's up to Casey and her colleagues at Norton Aircraft to figure out what went wrong before news of the disaster has a chance to destroy the future of the company...
Reaction: Very "I want to know what happened!", some exciting plot twists, even a couple chase scenes (which seem kinda gratuitous, but doesn't every Crichton book have/need some chase scenes and near disasters?)
Oh look, I don't have time to finish writing a proper review <--this is mostly an excuse for the fact that I'm failing to come up with anything else to say.
Reaction: Very "I want to know what happened!", some exciting plot twists, even a couple chase scenes (which seem kinda gratuitous, but doesn't every Crichton book have/need some chase scenes and near disasters?)
Oh look, I don't have time to finish writing a proper review <--this is mostly an excuse for the fact that I'm failing to come up with anything else to say.
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