These thoughts occurred to at about the mid-point of Caper and they really helped me to not worry so much about the details of the story and just go along for the ride. I doubt any one will mistake this book for fine literature but as a popcorn, escapist thriller, it's kind of a fun ride and it certainly does keep the pages turning.
Pitt is called in to investigate an aerial attack on a local airbase from a World War II era plane. Is it a ghost come back or could the timing of the attack be tied into the discovery of a wreck just off the coast?
Pitt soon finds himself facing a hiding Nazi war criminal, who just happens to be the uncle to his new female love interest. It's a battle of wits and a race against time for the two. Again, the less you think about the story and just kind of let it wash over you like a big-budget Hollywood thriller, the happier you'll probably be.
It's interesting to read the novel thirty plus years after its initial publication and to take note of the multiple references to smoking that litter the novel. Moving forward it will be interesting to see if and how Pitt's and to the same extent Cussler's attitude toward the use of tobacco changes. I can't imagine that Pitt would be the smoker in the latest installments that he is here.
So turn the brain off and just enjoy. You may be glad you did. Bob O'G. I am openly admitting that I am violating some rule by reviewing this book because I did not finish it. I read pages of this nonsense before giving up.
I purchased it because Clive Cussler is on every bookshelf of every book retailer in the country and I guess I was curious. Here's a few reasons why I could not stand this drivel. This book contains a recurring character in Cussler's work named Dirk Pitt, which is a name so contrived I can't believe a human being let it escape his thought bank and committed it to paper.
The Dirk Pitt description before the novel even starts reads as if cliches of heroes were written on little pieces of paper, thrown into a hat, and then the author picked out 10 at random. He is a cookie cutter protagonist. A cardboard character. A novel about a personified piece of actual cardboard would have been infinitely more interesting. The story itself? Dime novel adventure stuff. There's nothing wrong with this stuff by the way if it's done properly.
Raiders of the Lost Ark anyone? Before I go, I just have to describe a scene from the book which just happens to be the worst scene I've ever read in my 32 years on earth. Dirk Pitt is on a beach and sees a beautiful blonde woman sitting near the surf. He sits next to her. She is crying because her husband is deceased. Dirk slaps her in the face to get her to stop bereaving I suppose. Then she sleeps with him. Turns out, Dirk Pitt is not so much a hero as he is a douche.
In a better book, she would have shot him after he slapped her and then the book could be about her. Maxi Bransdale. Author 1 book 2 followers. You know, that moment when you graduate from The Famous Five into more adult fiction.
I racked my brains and came to the conclusion that it was Mr Cussler that first welcomed me, at the tender age of eleven, into the wonderful, and often mystical, world of adult fiction. So coming back to this book is sentimental for me. I have a lot of fond memories of the Dirk Pitt novels, not in the least because they got me through some hairy moments at school. Dirk Pitt was a massive part of my childhood and cultivating my love for books. But even I, through glasses that are rose-tinted, can see how ridiculous this whole book is.
Hell, even the characters regularly remark how daft some of the premises are. An ancient, undiscovered fish? Really Mr Cussler, really? It is time locked. You find yourself telling him to just use his mobile phone dammit only to realise this is And Pitt is a piece of work.
I grew to love the character as the books went on so it was a nasty surprise coming back to this book. His treatment of Teri at the beginning honestly took my breath away. A writer these days would be lynched for not only having their hero pull such a stunt but then be proud and defiant of it.
And even beyond that, the character is rude, abrasive and not in a James Bond sort of a way despite what the blurb says and too cocky for his own good. Not to mention his behaviour when he first meets Von Till.
He just makes it very hard for me to like him. More so because I love most of the characters in his work. I think I fell in love with Giordino the moment he first turned up on the page.
Gunn, while not one of my favourite characters, serves his purpose and is an engaging presence. Word of warning, feminists should stay clear of this book. And generally being sex objects. Yeah, feminists will not like this novel. My main gripe with this book, however, is its villain. He feels like he stepped out of a comic book. He is so overblown and overworked. The book struggles too with its writing. This reads like exactly what it is, a first attempt appropriately also the chosen name of the NUMA vessel in this book.
This book would never have been published today. Not in the state it is in. The writing is clumsy and overworked very often, pushing too hard for suspense. This is an author that overuses the much-contentious adverbs and his descriptive work is very… blunt. My dear fellow Brits, be prepared to once again be stereotyped. Dear America, we do not speak like this. James Meschino Free Download. Hardin Free Download. Gelfand, E.
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