I read this in about 24 hours, so that speaks of how compelling of a read this one is. Somehow I missed this Crichton thriller when it came out. It's a gripping thriller, plus I learned a lot more about aircraft manufacture in 1 day than having a brother work at Boeing for a few years. What make...
Synopsis: After a disastrous air travel accident that left passengers injured and dead, a company rep races to discover what happened amid a background of unfolding drama and deception. Review: I wasn't super excited to start this book, suspense fiction isn't really my thing, and suspense fiction ...
Pretty light and fluffy. Airplane reading, quite literally. Crichton does delve pretty deep into aviation jargon, so the start of the book is satisfyingly crunchy and technical. But the characters come off too flat -- there's almost something pedagogical about it. I felt as though Crichton was tryin...
This is an unabridged version, running for 11.3 hours.Blurb - The twin jet plane en route to Denver from Hong Kong is merely a green radar blip half an hour off the California coast when the call comes through to air traffic control:'Socal Approach, this is TransPacific 545. We have an emergency.' T...
Rating: 3.5 breathless stars of fiveI really hate flying. I'm not scared of it, I just dislike being herded into inky-dinky seats meant for short people by ill-tempered sky-waiters who charge for pillows and booze, and then I have to pay more than I used to make a week for the privilege of being sea...
I read this several years ago, and the only thing that really sticks in my head about it is the real cause of the plane crash (maybe because it was the actual cause of a real accident).
Standard Crichton, decent story mixed with lots of technical background. The detailed aeronautics made sense to me but it probably is too arcane if you don't have an aviation background. The action wasn't all that riveting and the ending was pretty anticlimatic.
Standard Crichton, decent story mixed with lots of technical background. The detailed aeronautics made sense to me but it probably is too arcane if you don't have an aviation background. The action wasn't all that riveting and the ending was pretty anticlimatic.
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