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Clive Cussler, Justin Scott
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Pages: 480 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 0718154649
Pub: Michael Joseph
Pub date: 2009-10-01
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 49296
Reader Reviews:
Wreck of a good story (0/0 people found this helpful)
I was given this as a present and I was looking forward to reading it, however it is not a patch on 'The Chase'. It felt as if I had read this storyline before in one of Cussler's earlier works namely 'Night Probe', where a train wreck is the subject of a Dirk Pitt novel ( a good read in its own right) and there are some striking similarities to it. This story did not pick me up and carry me along like many of Cussler's previous works, I found it hard going because the story just didn't grab my attention from the first few pages and must confess to putting it down for a while (to read something else) before finishing it.
This story follows on from 'The Chase' but I feel that the plot could have been better developed. The plot reads like a 'B' movie script, where the Black Hat and his cohorts gets their comeuppance just in the nick of time and the White hat saves the day and gets the girl, It may sound contrived but I can't help but think that this has been written with one eye on its cinema potential.
The characters are still developing, but the storyline still takes too long(470 pages) to tell what in effect is a very short story. It is an OK read for a holiday or whilst long distance travelling and easily leaveable in your hotel room when finished, although I would wait for the paperback version. I think that there is potential in this character and the time period is well worth exploring, so I'll stick with this series for now and hope that the next offering has a better central storyline.
A good readable novel (0/0 people found this helpful)
I agree with one other reviewer that the storyline did have similarities to the prequel, but none the less it was a fairly good read.
As usual the action was tense, and just what you would expect from a Cussler story in the suspense department.
Well written. Enough said.
Big D
the wrecker - cliver cussler (0/0 people found this helpful)
Being a fan of Clive Cussler I did not feel he could come up with another character as good as Dirk Pitt-- but he did.The wrecker was every bit as good as The Chase, also the change on to the railway systems across America was a brilliant choice. Hurry up with the next book, Mr Cussler.
The Wrecker (0/0 people found this helpful)
Once I started reading this noveL could not put it down.Again Cussler excels himself with a gripping storey about how the railroad was built through out the wild west and, how one man tried to destroy it for his own greed. Not all Cusslers books have been as good as this one,This storey must rate as one of his best.Action all the way through.
The Wrecker (0/0 people found this helpful)
I only ordeed one copy, but you sent two off, which I paid for and used.
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