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Riptide By Douglas PrestonLincoln Child ( Grand Central Publishing )
Release Date: 1999-07-01
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Product Description
A centuries-old, cursed pirate's treasure valued at over $2 billion lies deep within the treacherous waters off the coast of Maine. Men who have attempted to unearth the fortune have suffered gruesome deaths. Will a high-tech expedition meet the same fate? National ads, including "USA Today.".
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 Disappointing
I have read almost all of the Pendergast novels and really liked them. I purchased this book mainly based on the reviews on Amazon and because I like the authors others works. However, I must say this book was pretty boring. The first chapter hooks you, but then not much exciting happens for the next 300 pages or so. Once I got to the climax of the book it got a little more exciting but still I was pretty disappointed. I'll keep reading Preston/Child and look forward to their new works, but I cannot recommend this one as an exciting adventure/thriller.
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 Impressive adventure thriller
I read quite a few books like this and most I become dissatisfied with half-way through, as the plot becomes more outrageous and the explosions more frequent. This one kept me involved (and not annoyed) from beginning to end.
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 Driptide ( tetraultsales )
This book reads like one of those cheesy disaster movies (such as The Posiedon Adventure or The Towering Inferno). We get introduced to dozens of cardboard characters in the slow-paced first half of the book. A few characters become three-dimensional only by folding the cardboard a bit. We hear hints of a curse (yawn). The local fanatical preacher hates the idea of digging for pirate gold, but no one keeps an eye on him or beefs up security (when we know he will encourage or commit sabotage). A mass pirate grave is uncovered, and the main character (Dr. Hatch, an infectious disease expert) cannot figure out that they probably died of a contagious illness.
This book has no substance. Even skimming over some paragraphs I find it too slow-paced to tolerate. I cannot understand the dozens of five-star reviews. Are these commenters such fans of Preston and Child that they post rave reviews for every book?
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 OK mystery
High-school level writing, OK mystery, amateurish character development, fun action. It was alright, that's it.
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Fun read albeit you knew the outcome ( radiok )
Love these authors together, always a great little read that will keep you going back for more. Still have to say the Pendergast novels are the very best...so more of them if you please! You'll enjoy it...take it to the beach or on an airplane...you won't be bored.
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